Which work did Giambattista Vico write to challenge Descartes’s ideas?

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Giambattista Vico wrote the metaphysical essay De Antiquissima Italorum Sapientia ("On the Ancient Wisdom of the Italians"), published in 1710, specifically as a refutation of the Rationalistic system of René Descartes.2

Additionally, Vico’s 1709 work, De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Ratione ("On the Method of the Studies of Our Time"), defended humanistic educational programs against the encroachment of Cartesian rationalism, particularly criticizing the emphasis on logic at the expense of imagination and common sense in the development of young minds.1