Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 12:00:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Amandeep Sandhu <ssandhu-AT-interchange.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: Gramsci 


Hello Adele,
		This quote is not originally from Gramsci. In fact, he
borrowed it from Romain Rolland. These words became a motto for Gramsci
when he was in prison and was suffering from severe health problems.
Intellectually -- that is, looking at the contemporary socio-political
situation -- Gramsci knew that he would not be set free by Mussolini, but
he kept his optimism high, thinking that he might be.

See: Fiori, Giuseppe. Antonio Gramsci: Life of a Revolutionary. London:
New Left Books, 1970: 279. 

				Amandeep


On Fri, 21 May 1999, adele wessell wrote:

> I remember a while ago a flood of replies to a question about the reference
> for a particular  Gramsci quote. If I could bother all those who know his
> work well again:
>  does anyone know the source for Gramsci's dictum that runs something like
> "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." I would really
> appreciate the source & page ref. if anyone has knowledge of this.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> adele.
> 
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> adele wessell
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