Vico's "New Science" : : A Philosophical Commentary / / Donald Phillip Verene.

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• VerfasserIn: Verene, Donald Phillip,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 6 halftones, 1 table

Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) is best remembered for his major work, the New Science (Scienza nuova), in which he sets forth the principles of humanity and gives an account of the stages common to the development of all societies in their historical life. Controversial at the time of its publication...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Bibliographical Note
• Abbreviations and Notes on Citations
• Part One. Generalities Concerning the New Science
• 1. Sense and Method of the New Science
• 2. Genesis of the New Science
• 3. Structure of the New Science
• Part Two. Idea of the Work
• Introduction
• 4. Genesis of the Frontispiece
• 5. Structure of the Frontispiece
• Part Three. Establishment of Principles
• Introduction
• 6. Chronological Table
• 7. Elements
• 8. Principles
• 9. Method
• Part Four. Poetic Wisdom
• Introduction
• 10. Tree of Poetic Wisdom
• 11. Poetic Metaphysics
• 12. Poetic Logic
• 13. Poetic Morals, Economy, and Politics
• 14. Poetic Sciences
• Part Five. Discovery of the True Homer
• Introduction
• 15. Search for the True Homer
• 16. Discovery of the True Homer
• Part Six. Course and Recourse of the Nations
• Introduction
• 17. Threefold Structure of the Course of the Nations
• 18. Recourse of the Nations
• Part Seven. Conclusion of the Work
• 19. On an Eternal Natural Republic
• Notes
• Glossary of Italian Terms
• Key to English Equivalents
• Chronological Summary of Vico’s Life and Principal Works: Historical, Philosophical, and Juridical
• Some Works of Secondary Literature on Vico
• Index of Names