The New Science of Giambattista Vico (Unabridged Translation of the Third Edition (1744) with the Addition of "Practic of the New Science")
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...
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...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780801492655 (0801492653)
ASIN: 801492653
Publish date: April 9th 1984
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Pages no: 445
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Science,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Theory,
Italian Literature
It is only going to work if you make the imaginative effort to see that this book was written by a professional academic in Naples in 1744 and its author had no immediate plans to get sacked or imprisoned. I personally sense that the accommodations required to remain safe within orthodox Catholic te...