Vico
Subtitle: A Study of the 'New Science'
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 29, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780521388719
Subjects: History: theory & methods; Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Principi di una scienza nuova; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy; Vico, Giambattista,; History & Surveys - Modern; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; Philosophy / Modern; Vico, Giambattista, --1668-1744.--Principi di; Vico, Giambattista,--1668-1744.--Principi di una scienza nuova; History; 1668-1744; 1668-1744.
First sentence: One of the main reasons for the failure of Vico's Scienza Nuova to establish itself as a widely read philosophical work is the sheer obscurity of the text.