Foreword to the German Edition

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Editor’s Preface xix
5. Note on References xxv
6. Vico and Herder
7. Author’s Preface 1
8. Introduction 7
9. The Philosophical Ideas of Giambattista Vico 26
10. Vico’s Theory of Knowledge and Its Sources 151
11. Herder and the Enlightenment 208
12. The Magus of the North
13. Editor’s Preface 301
14. Foreword to the German Edition 312
15. Author’s Preface 317
16. 1. Introduction 320
17. 2. Life 324
18. 3. The Central Core 341
19. 4. The Enlightenment 345
20. 5. Knowledge 350
21. 6. Language 390
22. 7. Creative Genius 410
23. 8. Politics 423
24. 9. Conclusion 428
25. Excursus to Chapter 6 444
26. Bibliographical Note 449
27. Appendix to the Second Edition
28. Giambattista Vico: Man of Genius 453
29. The Reputation of Vico 479
30. The Workings of Providence 484
31. Hamann’s Origins 486
32. Letters 489
33. Index 517