The Autobiography of Giambattista Vico (Cornell Paperbacks)
"Giambattista Vico, the greatest philosopher of the eighteenth century, is generally considered the founder of the modern philosophy of history. . . . This autobiography contains not only an account of the basic facts of Vico's personal and professional life, but also a good deal of interesting information concerning his intellectual background and the genesis of his thought. It is hence a good introduction to his major philosophical work, the New Science."—Philosophical Review"The Autobiography . . . as a general survey of Vico's ideas and of the divergences between his theory of society and those of his contemporaries. Especially interesting are Vico's comments on mathematical reasoning and on the difference between the mathematical and historical sciences. . . . The translators are to be congratulated upon an excellent performance of a task that was eminently worth doing."—Journal of Philosophy