The autobiography of Giambattista Vico /
translated from the Italian by Max Harold Fisch and Thomas Goddard Bergin.
- Ithaca, New York : Great Seal Books, a division of Cornell University Press 1944.
- vi, 240 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222B) and index of personal names.
Introduction: I. Porcía's "Proposal" and Vico's autobiography -- II. The autobiography and the new science -- III. The new science : A. The European background, B. The genesis of the new science, C. The principles of the new science -- IV. Vico's reputation and Influence : A. In Italy, B. In Germany, C. In France, D. In Great Britain and Ireland, E. In the United States, F. In the Marxist tradition. The life of Giambattista Vico written by himself: Part A, 1725 -- Part B, 1725, 1728 -- Continuation by the author, 1731 -- Continuation by Villarosa, 1818. Notes to the introduction -- Notes to the autobiography -- Supplementary notes (1962) -- Chronological table.
"Vico has long been regarded as the greatest of Italian philosophers. Two centuries have passed since his death and the definitive edition of his major work, the Scienza nuova. Only small parts of that work, and a few passages quoted from his other writings, have so far appeared in English translation. The first complete English version of any of his writings is that here offered of his autobiography, with which students of his thought have generally found it advisable to begin. Aside from the light it sheds on his other works, and the interest it has in common with every other intellectual autobiography, Vico's has the unique interest of being the first application of the genetic method by an original thinker to his own writings." -- From the preface.