Scienza Nuova
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Scienza Nuova is Giambattista Vico’s seminal philosophical treatise that proposes a cyclical theory of history and explores the origins and development of human society, language, and institutions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scienza Nuova canonical | 5 |
| Scienza nuova | 3 |
| Principi di Scienza Nuova | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scienza Nuova Context triple: [Giambattista Vico, notableWork, Scienza Nuova]
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A.
Umanità Nova
Umanità Nova is an Italian anarchist newspaper historically associated with the ideas and activism of Errico Malatesta.
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De augmentis scientiarum
De augmentis scientiarum is a Latin philosophical work by Francis Bacon that systematically expands and refines his earlier ideas on the classification and advancement of human knowledge.
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Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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D.
In the Name of Science
In the Name of Science is the original title of Martin Gardner’s influential 1950 book critically examining pseudoscience and popular scientific misconceptions.
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E.
Sayanci
Sayanci is a West Chadic language spoken in parts of northern Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scienza Nuova Target entity description: Scienza Nuova is Giambattista Vico’s seminal philosophical treatise that proposes a cyclical theory of history and explores the origins and development of human society, language, and institutions.
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A.
Umanità Nova
Umanità Nova is an Italian anarchist newspaper historically associated with the ideas and activism of Errico Malatesta.
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B.
De augmentis scientiarum
De augmentis scientiarum is a Latin philosophical work by Francis Bacon that systematically expands and refines his earlier ideas on the classification and advancement of human knowledge.
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C.
Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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D.
In the Name of Science
In the Name of Science is the original title of Martin Gardner’s influential 1950 book critically examining pseudoscience and popular scientific misconceptions.
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E.
Sayanci
Sayanci is a West Chadic language spoken in parts of northern Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
divine age
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heroic age ⓘ human age ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The New Science ⓘ |
| author | Giambattista Vico ⓘ |
| centralIdea | we can truly know only what humans have made ⓘ |
| claims |
laws and institutions arise from collective human needs
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nations pass through recurring historical cycles ⓘ poetic wisdom precedes philosophical reasoning ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| describesConcept | corsi e ricorsi ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1725 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of customs
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development of human institutions ⓘ development of language ⓘ development of law ⓘ development of religion ⓘ origins of human society ⓘ |
| genre | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | The New Science of Giambattista Vico ⓘ |
| historicalMethod |
comparative study of nations
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philological analysis of myths and languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Benedetto Croce
ⓘ
Isaiah Berlin ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ R. G. Collingwood ⓘ anthropology ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ modern historicism ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| introducesConcept | verum factum principle ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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philosophy of history ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| notableTranslator |
Max Harold Fisch
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Thomas Goddard Bergin ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Principi di Scienza Nuova
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linked to:
Scienza Nuova
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| period | 18th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| proposesTheory | cyclical theory of history ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Naples printer Felice Mosca ⓘ |
| secondEditionPublicationYear | 1730 ⓘ |
| structure | division into books ⓘ |
| thirdEditionPublicationYear | 1744 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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linked to: Scienza Nuova