On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians: Unearthed from the Origins of the Latin Language

Vico wrote the original book in Latin in 1710, long before I was born. Wisdom already had tremendous problems with its reputation, and the people who responded in Italian did not understand what was meant "for its learned author crowds speculations without number unto every page" (p. 117). Following the conclusion in this book is a section called the Disputation with two articles in Giornale de' letterati d'Italia, which reveals who knows when a dog is up to its tricks:But then if the pimp had answeredto the first two insults, "Excellently done,"he would have been speaking Latinjust as well. Perhaps others mightthink differently. (p. 145)Vico's responses which included, on the authority of Virgil:"Happy is he who knows the causes of everything." (p. 163)followed by Vico's Final Statement, then an Editorial Declaration of the Giornale de' letterati d'Italia that:To this we answer nothing,out of respect for the authorand in order not to extendcontroversies ad infinitum. (p. 187).

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