A fresh translation of The New Science, with detailed footnotes that will help both the scholar and the new reader navigate Vico's masterpiece†‹The New Science is the major work of Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico. First published in 1725 and revised in 1730 and 1744, it calls for a reinterpretation of human civilization by tracing the stages of historical development shared by all societies. Almost unknown during his lifetime, the work had a profound influence on later thinkers, from Montesquieu and Marx to Joyce and Gadamer. This edition offers a fresh translation and detailed annotations which enable the reader to track Vico's multiple allusions to other texts. The introduction situates the work firmly within a contemporary context and newly establishes Vico as a thinker of modernity.
| Title |
The new science / Giambattista Vico. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press |
| Creation Date |
[2020] |
| Notes |
In English. |
| Content |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Explication of the Picture Put Forward as the Frontispiece, to Serve as the Introduction to the Work -- Book One. On the Establishment of Principles -- Book Two. On Poetic Wisdom -- Book Three. On the Discovery of the True Homer -- Book Four. On the Course That the Nations Make -- Book Five. On the Recurrence of Human Things During the Resurgence That the Nations Make -- Conclusion of the Work-Concerning an Eternal Natural Republic, Best in Each of the Kinds of Republic Ordered by Divine Providence |
| Extent |
1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2020 |
| National Library system number |
997012951884405171 |
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