FTP, name this Italian philosopher and historian, author of The New Science.
Early in life, he composed a poem entitled "The Feelings of One in Despair," but soon set about his career with such works as an exhaustive tome recently translated as Universal Right. He begins one work with a "frontspiece" entitled "The Idea of the Work," and spends book one "Establishing Principles." That book by this author of The Art of Rhetoric was translated by Jules Michelet and contains a "Discovery of the True Homer" as well as a distinction between poetic and philosophical wisdom, which transitions into his thesis that all nations pass through ages of gods, heroes, and men. FTP, name this Italian philosopher and historian, author of The New Science.
Early in life, he composed a poem entitled "The Feelings of One in Despair," but soon set about his career with such works as an exhaustive tome recently translated as Universal Right.
Giambattista Vico (Giovanni Battista Vico)