Vico

[ vik-oh, vee-koh; Italian vee-kaw ]

noun

1. Gio·van·ni Bat·tis·ta [jaw-, vahn, -nee baht-, tees, -tah], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.

Vico

/ ˈviːko; ˈvɪkəʊ /

noun

1. VicoGiovanni Battista16681744MItalianPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

Other Words From

• Vi·co·ni·an [vi-, koh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

In his New Science , Vico sought to combine the development of language and of jurisprudence with that of religion.

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The geologist is not like the Neapolitan thinker, Vico, with his doctrine of recurring cycles in man.

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We shall start by the earlier post, and have lunch together at Vico-Soprano before he comes.

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Hence we see what is admissible, and what inadmissible in Vico's system.

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Vico writes: "The human mind is naturally inclined to project itself on the object of its external senses."

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