Quote by Giambattista Vico: “Imagination is nothing but the memory of our sensations and experiences.”

Vico argues that imagination isn't about creating something entirely new, but rather recombining and reinterpreting past sensory information and experiences. Our creative capacity is rooted in what we've already perceived, shaping our future possibilities.

In The New Science, Vico explored the role of 'poetic wisdom' and imagination in early human societies, seeing it as crucial for myth-making and the development of language and culture, defining human creativity.

Italian philosopher born in Naples in 1668, whose New Science proposed a cyclical theory of history organized around recurring stages of human cultural development. Largely ignored in his own lifetime, he was rediscovered in the 19th century and recognized as a forerunner of anthropology, sociology, and the philosophy of history. His ideas influenced Hegel, Marx, and James Joyce.