Enrico Ruta
Enrico Ruta (1869–1939) was an Italian philosopher, sociologist and translator. Life. Enrico Ruta lived mainly in Naples where he was a close friend of Benedetto Croce and where in 1930 he became a professor at the "Higher Institute of Economics and Commerce". Ruta wrote novels and essays in political science and social sciences. He also translated the texts of Friedrich Nietzsche and Heinrich von Treitschke. He has collaborated with the daily Neapolitan Il Mattino. During the 1930s, he developed a political theory that harmonized with the fascist regime.