▁athlet ic , ▁intellig ent ▁youth . ▁He ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁mathematics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Vienna , ▁but ▁soon ▁moved ▁to ▁Florence , ▁a ▁city ▁he ▁sav ored ▁for ▁its ▁arts ▁and ▁language . ▁There ▁he ▁formed ▁friend ships ▁with ▁other ▁students , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁end , ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁letters ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁Ist ituto ▁di ▁St udi ▁Super ior i ▁( 1 9 0 5 ). ▁He ▁major ed ▁in ▁Greek ▁and ▁Latin , ▁and ▁selected ▁for ▁his ▁la ure a ▁th esis ▁a ▁philosoph ical ▁study ▁of ▁persu asion ▁and ▁r het or ic ▁in ▁ancient ▁philosophy . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Gor izia ▁and ▁set ▁himself ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁th esis . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁he ▁completed ▁his ▁work , ▁finishing ▁the ▁append ices ▁by ▁ 1 7 ▁October . ▁He ▁was ▁very ▁tired , ▁and ▁that ▁day ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁fight ▁with ▁his ▁mother , ▁who ▁compla ined ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁wished ▁her ▁a ▁happy ▁birth day . ▁Left ▁alone , ▁Carlo ▁took ▁a ▁loaded ▁p istol ▁he ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁killed ▁himself ▁with ▁two ▁sh ots . ▁The ▁reasoning ▁behind ▁his ▁suic ide ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁subject ▁of ▁much ▁debate , ▁some ▁see ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁natural ▁conclusion ▁to ▁his ▁philosophy , ▁others ▁see ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁mental ▁ill ness . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁friends ▁from ▁Florence