Giambattista Vico · Civilisations
Vico’s revolt against Descartes - his defence of history, rhetoric, imagination, and practical wisdom against the attempt to make mathematical reason the only path to truth.
You learned that Vico defended the humanities and practical wisdom against Cartesian rationalism. Explain his critique of making mathematical reason the only path to truth, and what he defended instead, in your own words.
Leads to Isaiah Berlin.
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