num_pages: 490
description: (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 a comprehensive science of human society and the most profound analysis of the class struggle prior to Marx.{Unabridged translation of the 1744 third edition, with the addition of "Practice of the new science." Translation completed 1948; revised/abridged edition 1961; revised/unabridged edition 1968.}
language: English
title: The New Science of Giambattista Vico
titlecomplete: The New Science of Giambattista Vico
genres: Theory, Italy, Politics, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, 18th Century, Classics, Italian Literature, History
ratings_count: 817
publisher: Cornell University Press