Giambattista Vico and Understanding Greek Literature and Philosophy

The little-known Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico is incredibly important for a proper framework to understanding the Greek classics: sublime violence before love and rationality is where civilization begins. To quote from Vico’s New Science to illustrate the point, he says: As the first wisdom of the pagan world, poetic wisdom must have begun with a […]

Giambattista Vico and Understanding Greek Literature and Philosophy