Q0192

Giambattista Vico

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English

The true is precisely what is made.
Thinker Giambattista Vico
School Philosophy of History
Source On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians et al.
Theme Truth
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Source context

This English passage is associated with On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians et al., within the tradition of Philosophy of History. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of truth, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Giambattista Vico's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Giambattista Vico. (n.d.). The true is precisely what is made. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0192

MLA: Giambattista Vico. “The true is precisely what is made..” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0192.

Chicago: Giambattista Vico. “The true is precisely what is made..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0192.

Same theme

More on truth

  1. Once in a lifetime, everything must be doubted.
  2. The things we conceive very clearly and very distinctly are all true.
  3. Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events.
  4. Accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
  5. Do not go outside; return into yourself. Truth dwells in the inner man.

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