Quote of the day
A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.
Giambattista Vico
Born: June 23, 1668
Died: January 23, 1744 (aged 75)
Bio: Giambattista Vico was an Italian political philosopher and rhetorician, historian, and jurist, recognized as a great intellectual of the Age of Enlightenment.
Known for:
- The New Science of Giambattista Vico
- On the study methods of our time
- On humanistic education
- De nostri temporis studiorum ratione