Project Gutenberg 2013-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 110 Vico, Giambattista 1668 1744 Vico, G. (Giambattista) Michelet, Jules 1798 1874 Michelet, J. Principes de la Philosophie de l'Histoire traduits de la 'Scienza nuova' Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Principes de la Philosophie de l'Histoire" by Giambattista Vico is a philosophical work written in the early 18th century. The text explores themes central to the philosophy of history, discussing the nature of societies, the evolution of humanity, and Vico's theories on historical development. Its premise challenges prevailing rationalist philosophies by proposing that human history follows a cyclical pattern governed by divine providence. The opening of the work sets the stage for Vico's exploration of human society, detailing how the understanding of history is shaped by cultural narratives and collective memory. The translator's preface emphasizes Vico's significance in philosophy, outlining his rejection of Cartesian rationalism in favor of a historical approach that integrates religion, poetry, and the natural sciences. Vico positions his philosophies in conversation with contemporaneous thinkers, proposing that true wisdom can be found not only in abstract reasoning but also in the lived experiences and traditions of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43307/43307-h/images/cover-page.jpg fr History -- Philosophy D Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale Browsing: History - General Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 850949 846557 2024-09-18T07:50:47.253197 2023-09-19T04:03:23.580470 text/html text/html 833961 2013-07-26T09:23:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 373998 2013-07-26T09:23:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 406799 2024-09-18T07:50:59.683097 application/epub+zip 416710 2024-09-18T07:50:49.214133 application/epub+zip 370762 2024-09-18T07:50:48.202146 application/epub+zip 705440 2024-09-18T07:51:07.013045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582372 2024-09-18T07:50:58.474103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533911 2022-09-19T18:05:29.486815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734455 734174 2024-09-18T07:50:44.743169 2023-09-19T04:03:21.201471 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 714820 2013-07-26T09:23:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 264977 2013-07-26T09:23:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19371 2024-09-18T07:51:07.176053 application/rdf+xml 13653 2024-09-18T07:50:48.355163 image/jpeg 2753 2024-09-18T07:50:48.280150 image/jpeg 380763 2024-09-18T07:50:47.326196 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia