Understanding other cultures requires understanding their la... - Giambattista Vico

"Understanding other cultures requires understanding their languages and ways of thinking."

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Philosopher Historian Philologist Italian 1668–1744

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"Verum esse ipsum factum"

"The world is governed by the imagination"

"History is the science of what has been"

"Men are so made that they cannot occupy themselves with the most important things without intermixing with them a certain frivolity"

"We're not just after treasure. We're preserving history."

"The mind is humanity's greatest tool."

"A tidy room reflects a tidy mind."

"You can learn a lot about a person by how they keep their space."