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On the Study Methods of Our Time

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Description for On the Study Methods of Our Time Paperback. Translator(s): Gianturco, Elio; Verene, Donald Phillip. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Giambattista Vico's first original work of philosophy, On the Study Methods of Our Time (1708-9) takes up the contemporary quarrel between the ancients and the moderns and provides a highly interesting statement of the nature of humanistic education. This edition makes available again Elio Gianturco's superb 1965 English translation of a work generally regarded as the earliest statement by Vico of the fundamentals of his position. An important contribution to the development of the scientism-versus-humanism debate over the comparative merits of classical and modern culture, this book lays out Vico's powerful arguments against the compartmentalization ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801497780
SKU
V9780801497780
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About Giambattista Vico
The late Elio Gianturco was Professor of Romance Languages at Hunter College. 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; ... Read more

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