Appendix Iii. the Whole of the Translation Has Been Revised by the

Author.

R. G. C.

OXFORD, 1913.

CONTENTS

I. VICO'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE: FIRST PHASE II. VICO'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE: SECOND PHASE III. INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE NEW SCIENCE IV. THE IMAGINATIVE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE (POETRY AND LANGUAGE) V. THE SEMI-IMAGINATIVE FORM OF KNOWLEDGE (MYTH AND RELIGION) VI. THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS VII. MORALITY AND RELIGION VIII. MORALITY AND LAW IX. THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF LAW X. PROVIDENCE XI. THE LAW OF REFLUX XII. METAPHYSICS XIII. TRANSITION TO HISTORY: GENERAL CHARACTER OF VICO'S TREATMENT OF HISTORY XIV. NEW PRINCIPLES FOR THE HISTORY OF OBSCURE AND LEGENDARY PERIODS XV. HEROIC SOCIETY XVI. HOMER AND PRIMITIVE POETRY XVII. THE HISTORY OF ROME AND THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY XVIII. THE RETURN OF BARBARISM: THE MIDDLE AGES XIX. VICO AND THE TENDENCIES OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE XX. CONCLUSION: VICO AND LATER THOUGHT, PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

APPENDICES

I. ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF G. B. VICO II. THE LATER HISTORY OF VICO'S THOUGHT III. THE SOURCES OF VICO'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE IV. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

NOTE.--PASSAGES OF VICO'S WORKS TO WHICH ESPECIAL REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE EXPOSITION

INDEX OF NAMES