Guido Ceronetti’s importance lies in the fact that he does not hide behind poetry which sounds good, nor enigmatic phrases: Ceronetti is always, and at all times, both immediate and profound.

thoughts of the Unknown Philosopher

“If the young rested in their mad desire to injure themselves and others (even though the incessant doubts about what to do and rejection of the family and today’s way of life remain) and
rather than poisoning themselves horribly, as we know, sought ecstasy and oblivion, along with daily doses – even heavy ones – of reason and beauty, then at night the cities would be full of whispering thinkers, people engrossed in their books, philosophers lurking around the corner…..
Somebody would die, in the early hours, from an overdose of awareness.”

(from: Guido Ceronetti, “Centoventuno pensieri del Filosofo Ignoto”, published by La Finestra, Lavìs (TN) Italy,  2006)