Principes de la Philosophie de l'Histoire : traduits de la 'Scienza nuova'

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vico, Giambattista, 1668-1744

Contributor:

Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Principes de la Philosophie de l'Histoire" by Giambattista Vico is a philosophical work written in the early 18th century. The text explores themes central to the philosophy of history, discussing the nature of societies, the evolution of humanity, and Vico's theories on historical development. Its premise challenges prevailing rationalist philosophies by proposing that human history follows a cyclical pattern governed by divine providence. The opening of the work sets the stage for Vico's exploration of human society, detailing how the understanding of history is shaped by cultural narratives and collective memory. The translator's preface emphasizes Vico's significance in philosophy, outlining his rejection of Cartesian rationalism in favor of a historical approach that integrates religion, poetry, and the natural sciences. Vico positions his philosophies in conversation with contemporaneous thinkers, proposing that true wisdom can be found not only in abstract reasoning but also in the lived experiences and traditions of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 62.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2013-07-26