Giambattista Vico
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Giambattista Vico was an 18th-century Italian philosopher and historian best known for his pioneering work on the philosophy of history and the cyclical development of civilizations in his book "The New Science."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Giambattista Vico canonical | 23 |
| Giovan Battista Vico | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T644102 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giambattista Vico Context triple: [Georges Sorel, influencedBy, Giambattista Vico]
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Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
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Helvétius
Helvétius was an 18th-century French philosopher and Enlightenment thinker known for his materialist views, emphasis on sensory experience, and influential writings on ethics and education.
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher, diplomat, and writer best known for his treatise "The Prince," which explores pragmatic and often ruthless strategies for acquiring and maintaining power.
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D.
Samuel Pufendorf
Samuel Pufendorf was a 17th-century German jurist, political philosopher, and early theorist of natural law whose writings significantly shaped modern ideas about international law and the state.
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E.
Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried Herder was an 18th-century German philosopher, theologian, and literary critic whose ideas on language, culture, and history helped shape Romanticism and modern hermeneutics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giambattista Vico Target entity description: Giambattista Vico was an 18th-century Italian philosopher and historian best known for his pioneering work on the philosophy of history and the cyclical development of civilizations in his book "The New Science."
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A.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
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B.
Helvétius
Helvétius was an 18th-century French philosopher and Enlightenment thinker known for his materialist views, emphasis on sensory experience, and influential writings on ethics and education.
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C.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher, diplomat, and writer best known for his treatise "The Prince," which explores pragmatic and often ruthless strategies for acquiring and maintaining power.
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D.
Samuel Pufendorf
Samuel Pufendorf was a 17th-century German jurist, political philosopher, and early theorist of natural law whose writings significantly shaped modern ideas about international law and the state.
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E.
Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried Herder was an 18th-century German philosopher, theologian, and literary critic whose ideas on language, culture, and history helped shape Romanticism and modern hermeneutics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian philosopher
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ |
| ageModel |
age of gods
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age of heroes ⓘ age of men ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1668-06-23 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Giambattista Vico
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Giovan Battista Vico
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| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Naples
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Naples ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
corsi e ricorsi (courses and recurrences of history)
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verum factum principle ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1744-01-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Naples
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Naples ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Naples Federico II
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surface form:
University of Naples
|
| era |
18th century
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Early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Vico ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history
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jurisprudence ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| givenName |
Giovanni Battista
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surface form:
Giambattista
|
| historicalTheory | history develops in recurring cycles of ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Benedetto Croce
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Hayden White ⓘ Isaiah Berlin ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ I. A. Richards ⓘ
surface form:
Northrop Frye
R. G. Collingwood ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francis Bacon
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Hugo Grotius ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
The New Science
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philosophy of history ⓘ theory of cyclical development of civilizations ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Giambattista Vico self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Scienza Nuova
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Scienza Nuova ⓘ The New Science ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
anti-Cartesianism
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historicism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfNotableWork | 1725 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| verumFactumPrinciple | the true is precisely what is made ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Giambattista Vico Description of subject: Giambattista Vico was an 18th-century Italian philosopher and historian best known for his pioneering work on the philosophy of history and the cyclical development of civilizations in his book "The New Science."
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Giovan Battista Vico