Vincent- Ingenium and Grassi

I really like the lecture we had on Ernesto Grassi and his notion of ingenium, so I read outside of class a little more. His book “The Rhetoric of Philosophy” meshed well with the way I approach things because he Rhetoric is often separated from Philosophy. As a communications major, I felt somewhat obliged to agree with him on this sentiment. He referenced an Italian humanist philosopher named Vico and brought up the idea of ingenium. Ingenium, as I understood it, portrayed the concept that shows how humans learn about and create nature through discovering or seeing something. It is more of a revelation of truth which I found interesting, and perhaps sheds light on the creative process of some poets and artists.