De antiquissima Italorum sapientia

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De antiquissima Italorum sapientia is a philosophical treatise by Giambattista Vico that explores the origins of human knowledge and ancient Italian wisdom as a foundation for his broader philosophy of history and culture.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of philosophy ⓘ
aim to derive ancient Italian wisdom from the Latin language ⓘ
to ground a new science of human things ⓘ
author Giambattista Vico ⓘ
centralConcept critique of Cartesian rationalism ⓘ
identity of the true and the made ⓘ
priority of poetic wisdom ⓘ
verum-factum principle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
field history of ideas ⓘ
philosophy of culture ⓘ
fullTitle De antiquissima Italorum sapientia ex linguae latinae originibus eruenda ⓘ
genre scholarly treatise ⓘ
hasModernTranslation English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th-century Naples ⓘ
influenced Giambattista Vico's later philosophy of history ⓘ
Scienza nuova ⓘ
linked to: Scienza Nuova
influencedBy Plato ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
keyTheme critique of purely abstract method in philosophy ⓘ
origin of metaphysical concepts in poetic and mythic thought ⓘ
primacy of practice and making in knowledge ⓘ
role of language in the formation of ideas ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosopherDiscussed Descartes ⓘ
linked to: René Descartes

Plato ⓘ
philosophicalPosition anti-Cartesian ⓘ
emphasis on historical and linguistic foundations of knowledge ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Vichian philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy ⓘ
publicationYear 1710 ⓘ
relatedWork De nostri temporis studiorum ratione ⓘ
Scienza nuova ⓘ
linked to: Scienza Nuova
shortTitle De antiquissima Italorum sapientia ⓘ
structure divided into axioms and corollaries ⓘ
subject ancient Italian wisdom ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
origins of human knowledge ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ

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De antiquissima Italorum sapientia → fullTitle → De antiquissima Italorum sapientia ex linguae latinae originibus eruenda ⓘ
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