La Scienza Nuova
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La Scienza Nuova is Giambattista Vico’s seminal philosophical treatise that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays the foundations for modern philosophy of history and cultural anthropology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Scienza Nuova canonical | 1 |
| “Principles of a New Science” section in La Scienza Nuova | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707419 — 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: La Scienza Nuova Context triple: [Giambattista Vico, notableWork, La Scienza Nuova]
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A.
Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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B.
De augmentis scientiarum
De augmentis scientiarum is a Latin philosophical work by Francis Bacon that systematically expands and refines his earlier ideas on the classification and advancement of human knowledge.
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C.
Novum Organum
Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
Principles of the Philosophy of the Future
Principles of the Philosophy of the Future is a mid-19th-century philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that critiques Hegelian idealism and advances a human-centered, materialist approach to philosophy.
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E.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
- 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: La Scienza Nuova Target entity description: La Scienza Nuova is Giambattista Vico’s seminal philosophical treatise that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays the foundations for modern philosophy of history and cultural anthropology.
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A.
Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is the Latin term famously used in early 16th-century writings, particularly those attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, to describe the newly discovered continents of the Western Hemisphere.
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B.
De augmentis scientiarum
De augmentis scientiarum is a Latin philosophical work by Francis Bacon that systematically expands and refines his earlier ideas on the classification and advancement of human knowledge.
-
C.
Novum Organum
Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
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D.
Principles of the Philosophy of the Future
Principles of the Philosophy of the Future is a mid-19th-century philosophical work by Ludwig Feuerbach that critiques Hegelian idealism and advances a human-centered, materialist approach to philosophy.
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E.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
origin of human societies
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origin of institutions ⓘ origin of languages ⓘ origin of laws ⓘ origin of religions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The New Science ⓘ |
| author | Giambattista Vico ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
corsi e ricorsi
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cyclical theory of history ⓘ ideal eternal history ⓘ poetic wisdom ⓘ verum factum principle ⓘ |
| claims | humans can truly know what they have made ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Naples ⓘ |
| field |
Italian philosophy
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early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1725 ⓘ |
| genre | systematic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Idea of the Work” (Introduzione) in La Scienza Nuova
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La Scienza Nuova self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
“Principles of a New Science” section in La Scienza Nuova
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| hasRevisedEdition |
1730 edition of La Scienza Nuova
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1744 edition of La Scienza Nuova ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 18th-century Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
Benedetto Croce
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Hayden White ⓘ Isaiah Berlin ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ historicism ⓘ modern philosophy of history ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cultural anthropology
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| method |
historical-philological analysis
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interpretation of myths and fables ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Scienza Nuova ⓘ |
| period |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| proposes |
history develops in recurring cycles
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societies pass through distinct ages ⓘ |
| publisherLocation | Naples ⓘ |
| structure | axiomatic system of principles ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Principles of a New Science” section in La Scienza Nuova