“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.Quote by Giambattista VicoTopics: Quotes about Giambattista VicoShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.#Giambattista Vico
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or...#Giambattista Vico
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without...#Giambattista Vico
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground...#Giambattista Vico
