This author of De mente heroica aimed to present an alternative to (*) Descartes' metaphysics with the notion that truth is verified by the act of making, which is found in his On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians.
This thinker believed that a proper education consists of studying three sorts of things - human, natural, and eternal. This thinker believed that early society was centered around priest-kings who ruled familii in opposition to socii and that its fables and myths provided cultural unity as "poetic wisdom." This author of De mente heroica aimed to present an alternative to (*) Descartes' metaphysics with the notion that truth is verified by the act of making, which is found in his On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians. This thinker's most famous work features a frontispiece showing the personification of poetry standing on a globe and outlines his notion that that society goes through ages of gods, heroes, and men in an endless cycle. For 10 points, name this Italian philosopher who wrote The New Science.
This thinker believed that a proper education consists of studying three sorts of things - human, natural, and eternal.
Giambattista Vico