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The first new science /

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vico, Giambattista, 1668-1744
Otros Autores: Pompa, Leon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Colección:Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (lxiv, 302 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0511065353
9780511065354
0511059027
9780511059025
9780521382908
0521382904
9780521387262
0521387264
9781139163705
1139163701