The New Science of Giambattista Vico : Unabridged Translation of the Third Edition (1744) with the Addition of 'Practic of the New Science'

A pioneering treatise that aroused great controversy when it was first published in 1725, Vico's New Science is acknowledged today to be one of the few works of authentic genius in the history of social theory. It represents the most ambitious attempt before Comte at comprehensive science of human society and the most profound analysis of the class struggle prior to Marx. PREFACE CONTENTS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS INTRODUCTION. PRINCIPI DI SCIENZA NUOVA DI GIAMBATTISTA VICO D'INTORNO ALLA COMUNE NATURA DELLE NAZIONI .... IDEA OF THE WORK BOOK ONE. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIN CIPLES BOOK TWO. POETIC WISDOM BOOK THREE. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE HOMER BOOK FOUR. THE COURSE THE NATIONS RUN BOOK FIVE. THE RECOURSE OF HUMAN INSTITUTIONS WHICH THE NATIONS TAKE WHEN THEY RISE AGAIN CONCLUSION OF THE WORK APPENDIX. PRACTIC OF THE N EW SCIENCE INDEX OF NAM ES