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Giambattista Vico was a philosopher born in Naples in 1668. He studied law at the University of Naples and developed a passion for the philosophical dilemmas posed by the study of law. Vico’s work focused on the philosophy of history, which he believed could be explained by ideas. He used philology to analyze the history of a people and their unique characteristics. Vico was the first to critique Cartesian rationalism without falling into the empiricist error of Locke. He believed that truth could only be known by its first cause and that the Cartesian Cogito was insufficient for self-knowledge. Vico used philology to study how a people approach life, and he believed that differences between languages with common roots indicated differences in mentality. He also proposed that the history of any human civilization is limited to specific stages, during which the conception of the state and God changes. These stages are the age of gods, the age of heroes, and the age of men. Vico’s contributions to European philosophy were significant, as he began to view history not just as an example, but also as an answer to certain questions.