En la economía de la filosofía y de la estética viquianas el papel de Virgilio es mucho más que secundario, porque con su ejemplo resuelve Vico el problema de la existencia de la poesía en tiempos que le son hostiles . El poeta latino ha tenido un papel destacado tanto en la formación de Vico, cuanto en su retórica y también en la conciencia antropológica de las obras de madurez. Este arquetipo de poeta sublime, confrontado con Homero, impele a encontrar (...) dos formas de "sublime" en Vico: la relativa y moderna, imitable y la absoluta e inimitable ; y, en consonancia, dos "naturalezas" de lo sublime: una inmediata y otra refleja. Pero, además, Virgilio también resulta para Vico un erario de "pruebas filológicas" útiles para reconstruir la mentalidad primitiva, como un "dottissimo dell’eroiche antichità".Both in the economics of Vichian philosophy and aesthetics the Virgil’s role is anything but subsidiary. By means of his example Vico is a position to solve the problem of the existence of Poetry in those periods where the environment might not improve its development . The Latin poet has had a remarkable role both in Vico’s intellectual development, particularly in his rhetoric, and in the peculiar anthropological consciousness displayed in the works of his mature period. This characteristic archetype of poet, when confronted with Homer, imposes on us the need to find two kinds of "the sublime" in Vico: one which is relative, modern and capable of being imitated , and the other which is absolute and can not be emulated ; and correspondingly to those both, there are as well two "natures" of the sublime: one immediate and other reflected. Besides that, Virgil, frequently referred to as a "dottissimo dell’eroiche antichità", is also a constant source to provide well-suited "philological proofs" which Vico eventually uses to restore the primitive frame of mind. (shrink)