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Giambattista Vico Quotes

Giambattista Vico quotes

Italian Philosopher June 23, 1668 – January 23, 1744

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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. Giambattista Vico
peoples, like so many beasts, have fallen into the custom of each man thinking only of his own private interests and have reached the extreme of delicacy, or better of pride, in which like wild animals they bristle and lash out at the slightest displeasure. Thus no matter how great the throng and press of their bodies, they live like wild beasts in a deep solitude of spirit and will, scarcely any two being able to agree since each follows his own pleasure and caprice. Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico quote: "The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then..."
The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute. Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico quote: "Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an..."
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race. Giambattista Vico
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. Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico quote: "Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each..."
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth. Giambattista Vico

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