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Vico

The First New Science

Vico( )
Author: Vico, Giambattista
Editor: Pompa, Leon
Contribution by: Geuss, Raymond
Skinner, Quentin
Series title:Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
ISBN:978-0-511-05902-5
Publication Date:Dec 2004
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Ebook
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Book Description:

Annotated student edition of Vico's First New Science, an important and previously untranslated text.

Author Biography
Vico, Giambattista (Author)
Giambattista Vico was born in Naples, Italy on June 23, 1668. He attended Jesuit schools and was self-taught. He was the professor of rhetoric at the University of Naples. He was a philosopher of cultural history and law, who is considered a forerunner of cultural anthropology. His works include New Science, On the Study Methods of Our Time, On the Ancient Wisdom of the Italians Unearthed from the Origins of the Latin Language, and Universal Law. He died on January 23, 1744.

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