The First New Science gives a clear account of Vico?s mature philosophy: the belief that certain functions which are necessary for the maintenance of human society and culture, including philosophy, also condition them historically. This challenges the traditional view that philosophy can lay claim [...]
Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and ambitious attempt to decipher the history, mythology and laws of the ancient world. Discarding the Renaissance notion of the classical as an idealised model for the modern, it arg[...]
This volume comprises a new critical edition of Vico's original Latin text and a faithful translation of this early work on metaphysics. Robert Miner's introduction offers valuable guidance in understanding this challenging text and assessing its significance.[...]
Giambattista Vico: Keys to the "New Science" brings together in one volume translations, commentaries, and essays that illuminate the background of Giambattista Vico's major work. Thora Ilin Bayer and Donald Phillip Verene have collected a series of texts that help us to understand the progress of V[...]
The Autobiography of Giambattista Vico is significant both as a source of insight into the influences on the eighteenth-century philosopher's intellectual development and as one of the earliest and most sophisticated examples of philosophical autobiography. Referring to himself in the third person, [...]
For sine udgivelser af Giambattista Vico Den nye Videnskab, Niccolò Machiavelli Fyrsten og Niccolò Machiavelli Drøftelser af Livius er Forlaget HELIKON blevet tildelt: Det Italienske Udenrigsministeriums oversætterpris 2005.
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Giambattista Vico (16681744) betraktas inte endast som Italiens främste filosof utan även som grundläggare av den moderna historiefilosofin. Ett länge förbisett verk av Vico, Autobiografia, självbiografin, har på senare tid tilldragit sig allt större intresse och är av central betydelse nä[...]