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The New Science

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Publisher's Synopsis

A fresh translation of The New Science, with detailed footnotes that will help both the scholar and the new reader navigate Vico's masterpiece

The New Science is the major work of Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico. First published in 1725 and revised in 1730 and 1744, it calls for a reinterpretation of human civilization by tracing the stages of historical development shared by all societies. Almost unknown during his lifetime, the work had a profound influence on later thinkers, from Montesquieu and Marx to Joyce and Gadamer. This edition offers a fresh translation and detailed annotations which enable the reader to track Vico's multiple allusions to other texts. The introduction situates the work firmly within a contemporary context and newly establishes Vico as a thinker of modernity.

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780300191134
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 195
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 750g
Height: 222mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 26mm