Giambattista Vico is now acknowledged to be one of the most important
figures in the history of European philosophy and social thought and
increasingly attention is being focused on his writings. These, however
have been difficult to obtain in English and many have never been
translated. A real need therefore exists and to meet this Professor
Pompa has here translated and introduced a selection of the central,
representative texts, where the most important and seminal of Vico's
ideas are developed. The volume will make a major contribution towards
the study of Vico's thought and this period in the history of
philosophy. It will be invaluable to students of those subjects and of
the social sciences generally.