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VICO'S RING
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Contents
7

Introduction
9

1. AN OUTLINE OF SCIENZA NUOVA AS RING COMPOSITION
17

2. “CORSO” AND “RICORSO” OF NATIONS/CULTURES: SEGMENTS A AND A’
25

3. AXIOMS, PRINCIPLES, AND ROMAN HISTORY: SEGMENTS B AND B’
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3.1 Relationship of segments B and B’
35

3.2 Vico’s “axiomatic method”
40

4. THE DIALECTIC OF VICHIAN “PHILOSOPHY” AND “PHILOLOGY”
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5. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN “PHILOSOPHY”, “PHILOLOGY”, AND THE ACTUAL WORLD OF HUMANS
87

5.1 The “mathematics of relationships”
88

5.2 The mediating role of “philology”
93

5.3 Trichotomy in “Scienza nuova” vs. trichotomy in “De antiquissima”
102

6. THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION: SEGMENTS C AND C’
125

6.1 Relationship of segments C and C’
126

7. LANGUAGE IN VICO: “TOOL” OR “UNIVERSAL MEDIUM”?
143

8. BOOK III AS THE CENTER OF SCIENZA NUOVA’S CONCENTRIC STRUCTURE
187

9. SPINOZA’S BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY
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9.1 Spinoza’s philosophy of science
216

10. VICO’S INTERPRETATIVE FRAMEWORK OF THE HOMERIC WORKS
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10.1 Vico and the “Homeric question”
262

Conclusion
291

Appendix
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