{"product_id":"on-the-most-ancient-wisdom-of-the-italians-9780801495113","title":"On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA treatise of vital importance for an understanding of Vico's epistemology, psychology, and philosophy of mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work gives significant insight into the early thoughts of one of the first truly modern thinkers in Western intellectual tradition. Palmer's excellent introduction illustrates its historical significance by placing it in a wider context.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now, the Latin treatise in which Vico first set forth his theory of knowledge and of metaphysics, \u003ci\u003eOn the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians\u003c\/i\u003e, has never had a complete rendering into English. Lucia Palmer in this volume has provided a welcome translation not only of the treatise, but also of a series of exchanges concerning it (1711–12) between Vico and the \u003ci\u003eGiornale de' letterati d'Italia\u003c\/i\u003e. It contains the fullest statement of Vico's principle that the true and the made are interchangeable.\u003c\/p\u003e * Seventeenth-Century News *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865923203415,"sku":"9780801495113","price":20.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801495113.jpg?v=1722276218","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-most-ancient-wisdom-of-the-italians-9780801495113","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}