In Vico… velitas

Happy 347th Birthday to Giambattista Vico, the Italian philosopher whose Scienza Nuova inspired Joyce in his writing of the Wake. His four-part circle of history: theocratic age, aristocratic age, democratic age, ricorso (return to the beginning), inspired the book’s structure and themes

/ Vico

In Vico… velitas

Happy 347th Birthday to Giambattista Vico, the Italian philosopher whose Scienza Nuova inspired Joyce in his writing of the Wake. His four-part circle of history: theocratic age, aristocratic age, democratic age, ricorso (return to the beginning), inspired the book’s structure and themes

/ June 23, 2015