Giambattista Vico

Italian philosopher (1668–1744) Giambattista VicoBornGiovanni Battista Vico(1668-06-23)23 June 1668Naples, Kingdom of NaplesDied23 January 1744(1744-01-23) (aged 75)Naples, Kingdom of NaplesEducationEducationUniversity of Naples (UJD, 1694)Philosophical workEra18th-century philosophyRegion Western philosophy Italian philosophy School Christian humanism Counter-Enlightenment Italian Enlightenment Natural law Perspectivism InstitutionsUniversity of NaplesMain interestsEpistemology, humanities, jurisprudence, philosophy of history, philosophy of science, poetry (Theologia Poetica), political philosophy, rhetoricNotable worksPrincipî di Scienza NuovaDe antiquissima Italorum sapientiaNotable ideas Class struggle Criticism of rationalism and reductionism Humanities as human science or social science Ideal eternal history Philosophy of history Theory of political mythology "Verum esse ipsum factum" (an early form of constructivist epistemology) Part of a series onCatholic philosophy Augustine, Aquinas and Scotus Ethics Cardinal virtues Just price Just war Principle of Double Effect Casuistry Probabilism Natural law Personalism Social teaching Liberation theology Christian humanism Virt