“It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.Quote by Giambattista VicoTopics: Quotes about Giambattista VicoShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and...#Giambattista Vico
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or...#Giambattista Vico
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground...#Giambattista Vico
The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.#Giambattista Vico