He "discovered the real Homer" in his sociological work New Science, and investigated Homer and his epic creation with the achievements of ancient Greek social research, thus creating a method of combining literary works with the background of the times and the author's life.
The concept of historical development is established, which holds that history develops step by step, and the development of each nation must be recognized by God and finally mastered by God.
The publication of Vico's New Science marks the birth of historical philosophy.
Vico's historical philosophy contains all the problems of historical philosophy: the whole human history is divided into the era of gods, the era of heroes and the era of mortals, which shows the historical philosophy of held, Hegel and Comte; The view that history makes people's passion obey some unknown goals was later put forward by Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and others. Repeatedly appear in historical thoughts; The real essence of rational poets is that history gradually overcomes barbarism because of the free play of human passion, and finally realizes humanitarianism and civilization. This view can be found in Voltaire, Herder, Schiller and other enlightenment philosophers.
Vico was the first person to realize the historical role of interests in society. People believe that interests have played a great role in the process of social development.