On Humanistic Education : : Six Inaugural Orations, 1699–1707 /

On Humanistic Education : : Six Inaugural Orations, 1699–1707 / / Giambattista Vico.

Vico's earliest extant scholarly works, the six first statement of ideas that Vico would continue to refine throughout his life. Delivered between 1699 and 1707 to usher in the new academic year at the University of Naples, the orations are brought together here for the first time in English in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Vico, Giambattista,
MitwirkendeR:
Pinton, Giorgio A.,
Shippee, Arthur W.,
Verene, Donald Phillip,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1993
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: On Humanistic Education
  • Translators' Note
  • On Humanistic Education
  • On Self-Knowledge
  • On Virtue and Wisdom
  • On True Learning
  • On Education for the Common Good
  • On the Liberal Arts and Political Power
  • On the Proper Order of Studies
  • Appendix I. Goals of the Various Studies Suitable to Human Nature
  • Appendix II. History of the Latin Manuscripts
  • List of Sources Cited
  • General Index

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