hound up in human reason. passion, and imagination; that human beings function in social groups an<l arc limited by historical circumstances
Sounds like the human-measure doctrine and casuistry. Vico = 18th C sophist.
He's a bit dour, though:
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we are partofthe worldin its ongoing intra-activity
This brings to mind Protagoras's human-measure doctrine. The only way to know the world is through the lens of our humanity; we are inherently part of the world and are literally unable to remove ourselves from it in order to see it any other way.
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humanist ideal of ‘Man’ as the allegedly universal measureof all things,
Protagoras's human-measure doctrine strikes again. (Cf. end of Barad article)
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