Vico Ricorso is a library of reblogs for Giambattista Vico.
Giambattista Vico (23 June 1668 – 23 January 1744) was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist. Best known for his ideas on the recurrence of history and the verum factum (the true is the made) principle, Vico was a dedicated critic of rationalism and a proponent for the study of classical antiquity. Vico is internationally recognized for his comprehensive work the New Science.
“The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute”