The new art of autobiography : an essay on the Life of Giambattista Vico, written by himself
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書誌事項
The new art of autobiography : an essay on the Life of Giambattista Vico, written by himself
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1991
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-251) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In this, the first full-length study of Vico's highly original autobiography, Professor Verene discusses its place in the history of the genre. The author views the autobiography as a work in which Vico applies the principles of human history discussed in his New Science, making the telling of his own life an application and verification of his philosophy. He places Vico's book within the general development of the genre, considering it in relation to Augustine's
Confessions, Descartes's Discourse, and Rousseau's Confessions. The author shows Vico to be not only the founder of the philosophy of history, but also the originator of a philosophical art of self-narrative which is the response by a modern thinker to the ancient problem of
self-knowledge.
目次
- Vico's life
- the idea of autobiography
- Augustine's "Confessions" and Descartes' "Discourse"
- Vico's conception of his own philosophy
- Vico's fable of himself
- Vico's art.
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