Carl Schmitt on Vitoria or how to relate to the classics

More than forty years ago Umberto Eco distinguished between interpretation and use of a text. The interpretations could be multiple, but they all referred to the text. Use, on the other hand, used the text to create its own autonomous discourse. This article aims to demonstrate that, despite Carl Schmitt's statements in The Nomos of the Earth about the frequency with which the ideas of Francisco de Vitoria have been used interestedly, in reality, he is far from considering his thought in accordance with the requirements of interpretation indicated by Eco is his own research.