Record Nr.

UNINA9910816955303321

Autore

Vico Giambattista <1668-1744.>

Titolo

The first new science / / Vico ; edited and translated by Leon Pompa

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002

ISBN


1-107-11161-7
1-280-41453-7
1-139-16370-1
0-511-17715-1
1-139-14579-7
0-511-06535-3
0-511-05902-7
0-511-30485-4
0-511-06748-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxiv, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Altri autori (Persone)

PompaLeon

Disciplina

195

Soggetti

Philosophy

History - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Editor's note; Bibliographical note; Glossary; The First New Science; BOOK I THE NECESSITY OF THE END AND THE DIFFICULTY OF THE MEANS OF DISCOVERING A NEW SCIENCE; BOOK II THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS SCIENCE CONCERNING IDEAS; BOOK III THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS SCIENCE CONCERNING LANGUAGE; BOOK IV THE GROUND OF THE PROOFS THAT ESTABLISH THIS SCIENCE; BOOK V THE FINAL BOOK; CONCLUSION OF THE WORK; INDEX; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 can lay claim to an historically independent viewpoint, thus

bringing into question the legitimacy of the claims of universal prescriptive political theories as against the de facto political beliefs of particular historical societies. This is the first of Vico's later major books in which he wrote in Italian in order not merely to expound but to demonstrate in practice, his conception of the philosophical importance of etymology. This 2002 Cambridge Texts edition is the first complete English translation of the 1725 text. Accompanied by a glossary, bibliography, chronology of Vico's life and expository introduction, it makes this important work accessible to students for the first time.