Description
Works IV
Book Summary
This work compiles an essential selection of Giambattista Vico’s production, offering the reader a compendium of philosophical meditation, rhetorical discourse, and ingenious essays. Through its pages, the keys necessary to understand the profound novelty of the science proposed by the author are unfolded, a reflection that connects Western philosophy with the history of ideas. An essential volume for those seeking to delve into the thought of one of the most influential philosophers of the early modern period.
What is it about?
Works IV brings together texts that delve into the originality of Vico’s philosophical system, moving away from the dominant rationalist currents of his time. The author proposes a new science based on human history and culture, where rhetoric and ingenuity are fundamental tools for knowledge. Throughout his essays, Vico examines how human societies develop through historical cycles, offering an alternative vision of progress, language, and the nature of knowledge. It is a work that invites us to rethink the foundations of philosophy and anthropology from a critical and humanist perspective.
Main Topics
- Philosophy of history and theory of historical cycles.
- Rhetoric and discourse as tools for knowledge and persuasion.
- Critique of Cartesian rationalism and defense of a science based on the human.
- Relationship between language, myth, and thought in the construction of culture.
- Philosophical anthropology and study of social institutions.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at students and academics of philosophy, history of ideas, linguistics, and anthropology, as well as readers interested in Western thought of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is also of great value to those seeking to understand the roots of modern philosophy and the alternatives to the dominant Enlightenment thought.
What this book contributes
- A deeper understanding of the originality of Viconian science and its historical relevance.
- Keys to interpreting the relationship between rhetoric, philosophy, and history in early modern thought.
- A critical view of the prevailing philosophical currents, expanding the reader's intellectual landscape.
- Tools for reflecting on the role of language and culture in the construction of knowledge.
Technical Specifications
- Author: Vico, Giambattista
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LINGUISTICS, LITERARY ESSAYS, WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: C. 1600-C. 1900, HISTORY OF IDEAS, ANTHROPOLOGY
- Collection: HUMANISM
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: March 2016
- Number of pages: 160
- Weight: 210 g
Editorial Assessment
Works IV represents a unique opportunity to access a selection of fundamental texts by Giambattista Vico, a thinker whose influence extends from philosophy to linguistics and anthropology. The Anthropos edition, within its Humanism collection, offers an accessible and manageable format, ideal for study and consultation. This volume will be especially valuable for those wishing to explore the foundations of a philosophy that challenges the paradigms of its time and remains relevant to contemporary intellectual debate.