Mazzini was convinced of the existence of God, for which he felt that there was no need of proof.
Secondly, he believed in the unity of followed the doctrine of Herder, and so stood in a close relationship with eighteenth-century ideas of the Enli...
Mazzini was convinced of the existence of God, for which he felt that there was no need of proof.
Secondly, he believed in the unity of followed the doctrine of Herder, and so stood in a close relationship with eighteenth-century ideas of the Enlightenment. Thirdly, he believed in Progress. Man is a being who learns, through the faults and errors of individuals. contiually to improve in wisdom and morality.
Also he seemed closer to the ideas of the Enlightenment than to those of nineteenth-century Romanticism.
A More original basic idea of Mazzini was what he called the principle of association. What was needed was a recognition of the duties which individuals owed to each other and to society. He believed that the obligations as well as the rights of the individual must be taught.
His attitude to religion was an ambivalent one. He believed that young, dynamic religions usuallu advanced mankind along the road of progress, but only for one phaes of history.
Mazzini believed the Italians to have no need of allies in their struggle against Austria and the princes. He did not want help from any existing government, but he did look for collaboration with other revolutionary movements.
He was to remain in exile. But his name and movement were not forgotten in Italy.