Giambattista Vico · Civilisations

The Ages of Nations

Vico’s cyclical vision of history - the recurring sequence of ages through which all nations pass, rising, flourishing, declining, and beginning again.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Vico saw history as a recurring cycle of ages (the corsi e ricorsi) common to all nations. Reconstruct the sequence of ages and the idea of recurrence, in your own words.

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