On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians: Unearthed from the Origins of the Latin Language

by Giambattista Vico

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801412803
• ISBN13: 9780801412806
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher