Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-451) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Jonathan Isreal -- Vico And Herder -- Author's Preface -- Introduction -- The Philosophical Ideas of Giambattista Vico -- Vico's Theory of Knowledge and Its Sources -- Herder and the Enlightenment -- The Magus of the North -- Editor's Preface -- Foreword to the German Edition -- Author's Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Life -- 3. The Central Core -- 4. The Enlightenment -- 5. Knowledge -- 6. Language -- 7. Creative Genius -- 8. Politics -- 9. Conclusion -- Excursus to Chapter 6 -- Bibliographical Note -- Appendix to the Second Edition -- Giambattista Vico: Man of Genius -- The Reputation of Vico -- The Workings of Providence -- Hamann's Origins -- Letters.
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