The New Science

Giambattista Vico

Published by Yale University Press 2020

The New Science

Giambattista Vico
With contributions by: Giuseppe Mazzotta
Translated by: Jason Taylor and Robert C. Miner

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300249606

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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.

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Vico Giambattista :

Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) was professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples as well as a pioneer of modern cultural anthropology, linguistic theory, and legal history. Jason Taylor is an associate professor of philosophy at Regis College. Robert Miner is professor of philosophy at Baylor University. Giuseppe Mazzotta is the Sterling Professor of Italian Language and Literature at Yale University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
An Explication of the Picture Put Forward as the Frontispiece, to Serve as the Introduction to the Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Book One. On the Establishment of Principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Book Two. On Poetic Wisdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Book Three. On the Discovery of the True Homer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Book Four. On the Course That the Nations Make Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Book Five. On the Recurrence of Human Things During the Resurgence That the Nations Make Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
Conclusion of the Work—Concerning an Eternal Natural Republic, Best in Each of the Kinds of Republic Ordered by Divine Providence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
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- Main content: 512

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Published: February 10, 2020
ISBN: 9780300249606