Giambattista Vico

An important contribution to the development of the scientism-versus-humanism debate over the comparative merits of classical and modern culture, this

Brings together in one volume translations, commentaries, and essays that illuminate the background of Giambattista Vico's major work.

Giambattista Vico's "New Science" is gradually being re-established as one of the most significant "humanist" achievements since the Renaissance. This

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

Vico's earliest extant scholarly works, the six orations on humanistic education, offer the first statement of ideas that Vico would continue to refin