Piero Angela, Alberto: “It was like having Leonardo da Vinci at home”
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16 August 2022 | 15. 05
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“He lived the last period with serenity, because he was satisfied with his life: a lesson for all of us”
“I had the distinct feeling of having Leonardo da Vinci at home because I experienced it as a son, as a colleague, as a normal person who found himself in front of an eclectic mind, a person capable of giving the right answer always, in any sector , from industrial to research. of synthesis, analysis and finding the right answer in a calm way that then put everyone in agreement. He loved an aphorism by Leonardo da Vinci: ‘Since a well spent day gives a happy sleep, so a life well used gives a happy death ‘. I think he played it to the end. ” Alberto Angela talks about his father, Piero Angela, in the Sala della Protomoteca in Campidoglio where the funeral home is located.
” For him it was important, in fact, to have a full life And it is a suggestion that he gave to all of us: ‘Do like me, it will be easier to get to the end’. It is a teaching – highlights Alberto Angela – to love life, to cultivate all passions. him: even if as a Turin he seemed very reserved, there was a fire inside, the fire of knowledge. He made transmissions of all kinds, from economics to medicine. I have ever seen in the throes of despair or sadness or pain “.
” A few years ago the 50 years of the moon landing and I – says Alberto Angela – I insisted that we do something together and we did that the episode. He has returned to the places where he had seen the Apollo take off . Once he even pulled out some photos. There was Armstrong. He had a lot of experiences. A filled life. This is very important. And it was one of the reasons why he left satisfied, like when he lifts us from a table after a beautiful dinner with his friends. He went through this last period with a rationality, down to earth as if it were an Apollo mission. When he learned that his time had come for him, he did a rough calculation of the time he would have left and did all the shows that are airing now of Superquark, another cycle. He also made a jazz record, going to record and going back. He had incredible strength. He made speeches to family members and then to you. After 24 hours he is gone. This serenity was possible because he had a rational, scientific approach but also full of life and love “.
