{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-giambattista-vico-paperback-softback-9780801490880","title":"The Autobiography of Giambattista Vico (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801490880","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Autobiography of Giambattista Vico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGiambattista Vico (Author), Max Harold Fisch (Translated by), Thomas Goddard Bergin (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801490880\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 1963\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.7 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiambattista Vico, the greatest philosopher of the eighteenth century, is generally considered the founder of the modern philosophy of history.... This autobiography contains not only an account of the basic facts of Vico's personal and professional life, but also a good deal of interesting information concerning his intellectual background and the genesis of his thought. It is hence a good introduction to his major philosophical work, the \u003ci\u003eNew Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e (Philosophical Review) \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e... as a general survey of Vico's ideas and of the divergences between his theory of society and those of his contemporaries. Especially interesting are Vico's comments on mathematical reasoning and on the difference between the mathematical and historical sciences.... The translators are to be congratulated upon an excellent performance of a task that was eminently worth doing.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Philosophy)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Giambattista Vico\u003c\/i\u003e is significant both as a source of insight into the influences on the eighteenth-century philosopher's intellectual development and as one of the earliest and most sophisticated examples of philosophical autobiography. Referring to himself in the third person, Vico records the course of his life and the influence that various thinkers had on the development of concepts central to his mature work. Beyond its relevance to the development of the \u003ci\u003eNew Science\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e is also of interest for the light it sheds on Italian culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Still regarded by many as the best English-language translation of this classic work, the Cornell edition was widely lauded when first published in 1944. Wrote the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Here was something new in the art of self-revelation. Vico wrote of his childhood, the psychological influences to which he was subjected, the social conditions under which he grew up and received an education and evolved his own way of thinking. It was so outstanding a piece of work that it was held up as a model, which it still is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCTION by Max Harold Fisch\u003cbr\u003e I. Porcia's \"Proposal\" and Vico's Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e II. The Autobiography and the New Science\u003cbr\u003e III. The New Science\u003cbr\u003e  A. The European Background\u003cbr\u003e  B. The Genesis of the New Science\u003cbr\u003e  C. The Principles of the New Science\u003cbr\u003e IV. Vico's Reputation and Influence\u003cbr\u003e  A. In Italy\u003cbr\u003e  B. In Germany\u003cbr\u003e  C. In France\u003cbr\u003e  D. In Great Britain and Ireland\u003cbr\u003e  E. In the United States\u003cbr\u003e  F. In the Marxist TraditionTHE LIFE OF GIAMBATTISTA VICO\u003cbr\u003e Part A, 1725\u003cbr\u003e Part B, 1725, 1728\u003cbr\u003e Continuation by the Author, 1731\u003cbr\u003e Continuation by Villarosa, 1818\u003ci\u003eNotes to the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Notes to the Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e Supplementary Notes (1962)\u003cbr\u003e Chronological Table\u003cbr\u003e Index of Personal Names\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670853284120,"sku":"9780801490880","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-autobiography-of-giambattista-vico-paperback-softback-9780801490880","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}