| Vico's "New Science": A Philosophical Commentary Written by the noted Vico scholar Donald Phillip Verene, this commentary can be read as an introduction to Vico's thought or it can be employed as a guide to the comprehension of specific sections of the New Science . Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Vico Studies at Emory University and a fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is the author of books including Vico's "New Science": A Philosophical Commentary ; Vico's Science of Imagination ; and The Art of Humane Education ; and he is the coeditor of Giambattista Vico: Keys to the "New Science" , all from Cornell. |