VARISCO, BERNARDINO

(1850-1933) Italian professor at Rome; wrote 1. The Great Problems ; 2. Philosophy of Spirit ; spirit is ultimate reality but not same as Hegel ian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought; strong empirical emphasized