Vico's "New Science"

A Philosophical Commentary

Donald Phillip Verene (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2015
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-0016-3 (ISBN)

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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 in 1725, the New Science has come to be seen as the most ambitious attempt before Comte at a comprehensive science of human society and the most profound analysis of the philosophy of history prior to Hegel. Despite the fundamental importance of the New Science, there has been no philosophical commentary of the text in any language, until now.

Written by the noted Vico scholar Donald Phillip Verene, this commentary can be read as an introduction to Vico's thought or it can be employed as a guide to the comprehension of specific sections of the New Science. Following the structure of the text scrupulously, Verene offers a clear and direct discussion of the contents of each division of the New Science with close attention to the sources of Vico's thought in Greek philosophy and in Roman jurisprudence. He also highlights the grounding of the New Science in Vico's other works and the opposition of Vico's views to those of the seventeenth-century natural-law theorists. The addition of an extensive glossary of Vico's Italian terminology makes this an ideal companion to Vico's masterpiece, ideal for both beginners and specialists.

Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Vico Studies at Emory University and a fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is the author of books including Vico's "New Science": A Philosophical Commentary; Vico's Science of Imagination; and The Art of Humane Education; and he is the coeditor of Giambattista Vico: Keys to the "New Science", all from Cornell.

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

Zusatzinfo	6 halftones, 1 table - 6 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	907 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-5017-0016-2 / 1501700162
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-0016-3 / 9781501700163
Zustand	Neuware