Category Archives: Jovian Experience

Giambattista Vico’s Three Ages: A Brief Exposition

Posted on January 29, 2018 by romeosyne

Vico is famous for his teaching that all human cultures inevitably develop along the same three stages: an age of gods, an age of heroes, and an age of men. This Vico calls corso e ricorso. What I am offering … Continue reading →

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GIAMBATTISTA VICO: METAPHYSICIAN OF THE HUMAN

Posted on January 26, 2018 by romeosyne

Few outside the academy know anything about Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), though he is undoubtedly the greatest Italian philosopher of his time, and is arguably one of the greatest philosophical minds to ever hail from Italy. Before the middle of the … Continue reading →

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