Abstract
A BOOK on Vico in the English language has long been overdue. Mr. Adams, in giving us the benefit of detailed studies of living Italian scholars, has revealed to a wider circle of readers the greatness of mind of one recognised by Goethe as a patriarch of modern thought. Indeed, after a detailed analysis of Vico's writings, Mr. Adams shows how he has influenced the trend of modern philosophy, from the eighteenth century down to the contemporary Italian thinkers. Thus the book under review will be found of interest to the historians of philosophy as well as to those of literature and political theory.
The Life and Writings of Giambattista Vico
H. P.
Adams
By. Pp. 236. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1935.) 8s. 6d. net.
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G., T. The Life and Writings of Giambattista Vico. Nature 136, 1010 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1361010e0
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