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Although Vico (1668-1744) lived his whole life as an obscure academic in Naples, his New Science is an astonishingly ambitious attempt to decode the history, mythology and law of the ancient world. It argues that the key to true understanding lies in accepting that the customs... Read Full Overview

A fresh translation of The New Science, with detailed footnotes that will help both the scholar and the new reader navigate Vico's masterpiece

A pioneering treatise that aroused great controversy when it was first published in 1725, Vico's New Science is acknowledged today to be one of the few works of authentic genius in the history of social theory. It represents the most ambitious attempt... Read Full Overview

Nel 1725 vengono pubblicati i "Principi di una Scienza Nuova", pi? conosciuta con il titolo abbreviato di "Scienza Nuova". Alla "Scienza Nuova" Vico lavor? per tutto il corso della sua vita, con un'edizione rivista completamente, per la terza edizione del 1744. In ristrettezze... Read Full Overview

Als erster gro er Versuch einer Begr?ndung der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften z?hlt die "Scienza nuova", das Hauptwerk des italienischen Philosophen, Historiographen und Juristen Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) zu den epochal herausragenden Texten der Neuzeit. Hier fi nden sich... Read Full Overview

Questo classico di filosofia propone la teoria che la storia umana non soggetta a leggi universali, ma piuttosto a leggi particolari delle diverse culture. Un libro che ha avuto un grande impatto sull'epistemologia e la filosofia della storia.

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Principj di Scienza Nuova

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... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Questo classico di filosofia propone la teoria che la storia umana non soggetta a leggi universali, ma piuttosto a leggi particolari delle diverse culture. Un libro che ha avuto un grande impatto sull'epistemologia e la filosofia della storia.

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