| On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians: Unearthed from the Origins of the Latin Language Contributor(s): Vico, Giambattista (Author), Palmer, L. M. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0801495113 ISBN-13: 9780801495113 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 195 |
| LCCN: 87047865 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians, originally published in 1710, is widely regarded as Vico's most significant work after the New Science and the Autobiography. Subtitled The Book of Metaphysics, it was one of three planned volumes of a larger work that was never published, and it marks Vico's transition from rhetorician to philosopher of historical knowledge. This edition incorporates translations from the Italian of a contemporary review and Vico's responses, published in 1711 and 1712. L. M. Palmer's translation helps make more accessible a treatise of vital importance for an understanding of Vico's epistemology, psychology, and philosophy of mathematics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vico, Giambattista: - Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was a leading Italian intellectual of the Enlightenment. Palmer, L. M.: - The late L. M. Palmer was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. |
