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Vico

American  
[vik-oh, vee-koh, vee-kaw] / ˈvɪk oʊ, ˈvi koʊ, ˈvi kɔ /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.


Vico British  
/ ˈviːko, ˈvɪkəʊ /

noun

  1. Giovanni Battista (dʒoˈvanni batˈtista). 1668–1744, Italian philosopher. In Scienza Nuova (1721) he postulated that civilizations rise and fall in evolutionary cycles, making use of myths, poetry, and linguistics as historical evidence

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I don’t mean that we are trapped in an inflexible pattern of endlessly repeating historical cycles, as in the more esoteric propositions of Vico and Nietzsche.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2025

The Scot even has a special shrine in Vico San Nicola al Nilo, and a nickname - "McFratm".

From BBC May 23, 2025

Vico Ortiz, an ActNow alum, has taken what they’ve learned and put it into practice in such shows as “Our Flag Means Death” and “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2023

Actor Vico Ortiz, who is Hispanic and nonbinary, defended Latinx during a recent interview on NBC’s “Today,” calling the Spanish language “incredibly binary.”

From Washington Times Dec. 12, 2021

One of the well-known contributors to astronomy during the nineteenth century was Father Benedict Sestini, who for his mathematical ability was appointed assistant to Father De Vico of the Roman Observatory.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

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