Vico's New Science of the Intersubjective World (eBook)

Preface of the Author to the English Translation

Works of Vico and Translator's Note

Introduction

Part 1. Vico's Life, Sources, and Works

1.1 The Formative Years

1.2 Writings

Part 2. Structure and Themes of the Scienza nuova: Formal and Methodological Aspects

2.1 The Structure and Organization of the Scienza nuova

2.2 The Aims of the Scienza nuova

2.3 The Privileged Position of the Humanities within the System of Knowledge Based on the Verum-Factum Principle

2.4 Philosophy and Philology: Universal and Particular in the Sciences of Culture

2.5 History's Conformity to Laws

2.6 The Working of Providence in History

2.7 Jews and Pagans: Vico's Chronological System

2.8 The Principles of Historical Development: Norm and History

2.9 The Unity of Culture

2.10 The Problem of the Knowledge of Different Cultures: Vico's Method

Part 3. Structure and Themes of the Scienza nuova: Material Aspects

3.1 Primitive Humans

3.2 Myth and Poetic Wisdom

3.3 Language and Writing

3.4 Art and Reflection

3.5 Class Warfare and Heroes

3.6 The Idea of Law and the History of Law

3.7 The Doctrine of the Forms of State

3.8 The Barbarism of Reflection and the Decline of Civilizations

3.9 The Homeric Question

3.10 Roman History

3.11 The Middle Ages and Feudalism

3.12 The Modern Age

Part 4. Cursory Notes on the History of Vico's Reception

Notes

References

Index