[1]By now (1913) the second volume has appeared: the third will appear next year.
[1]By now (1913) the second volume has appeared: the third will appear next year.
By way of supplement to the autobiography, Villarosa collected information on Vico's last years and published it as a continuation of that work in his edition of theOpuscoli,vol. i. (1818).
This supplement, together with everything else that has been published in the way of documents or contemporary records of Vico, may be found collected in the fifth volume of the new edition of his works above mentioned (p. 307) and entitled:L'Autobiografia, il carteggio e le poesie varie,ed. B. Croce (Bari, Laterza, 1911).
There are only three monographs on Vico which may still be read with profit (that of Ferrari,La Mente del Vico,admirable editor though he was, may best be consigned to merciful oblivion); they are as follows:—
1. Carlo Cantoni,G.B.V., studi critici e comparativi(Turin, Civelli, 1867). Cf. for certain reservations A. Faggi, inRivista filosofica italiana,vol. ix., 1906, pp. 593-606, and G. Gentile, inCritica,vol. v., 1907, pp. 197-201.
2. Karl Werner,G.B.V. als Philosoph und gelehrter Forscher,(Wien, Braumüller, 1881). Cf.Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philos. Kritik,vol. lxxii., 1883, pp. 139-52.
3. Robert Flint,Vico(Edinburgh and London, 1884). (Italian translation by F. Finocchietti, Florence, 1888).
See what has been said of these above,p. 277. Of short and general studies the following are the best:—
1. B. Spaventa,G.B.V.,inProlusione è introduzione alle lezioni di filosofia(Naples, Vitale, 1862), pp. 83-102, reprinted under the titleLa Filosofia italiana nelle sue relazioni con la filosofia europea,ed. G. Gentile (Bari, Laterza, 1908); see pp. 111-35 of this reprint.
2. F. de Sanctis,Storia della letteratura italiana(Naples, Morano, 1870; new ed. Croce, Bari, Laterza, 1912), vol. ii. pp. 342-62.
3. F. Fiorentino,Lettere sopra la "Scienza Nuova"(Florence, 1865), reprinted inScritti vari(Naples, Morano, 1871), pp. 161-211.
4. E. Cauer,G.B.V. und seine Stellung zur modernen Wissenschaft(inDeutsches Museum,edited by R. Prutz and W. Woelfsohn, Leipzig, Hinrichs, year I, 1851, vol. i. pp. 249-65).
For special points the following may be consulted:—
1. F. A. Wolf,G.B.V. über den Homer(inMuseum der Alterthumswissenschaft,Berlin, 1807, vol. ii. pp. 555-70).
2. J. K. von Orelli,Vico und Niebuhr(inSchweizerisches Museum,Aarau, vol. i. p. 184sqq.).
3. C. Iannelli,Sulla natura e necessità della scienza delle cose e delle storie umane(Naples, Porcelli, 1818, and Milan, Fontana, 1832).
4. Emerico Amari,Critica di una scienza della legislazione comparata(Genoa, Istituto dei Sordomuti, 1857). Cf. on this book K. Werner,E.A. in seinem Verhältnis zu G.B.V.(Wien, 1880; from theSitzungsberichte der phil.-histor. Klasseof the Imperial Academy of Vienna, vol. xcvi.).
5. F. Acri,Teoria del V. intorno alle idee O paradimmi(inAbbozzo di una teoria delle idee,Palermo, Lao, 1870; and with modifications in the volumeVidebimus in aenigmate,Bologna, Mareggiane 1907, pp. 287-313).
6. E. Cenni, an exposition of Vico's metaphysic in the volume entitledConsiderazioni sull' Italia ad occasione del traforo del Gottardo(Florence, Cellini, 1884), pp. 109-82.
7. E. Bouvy,De V. Cartesii adversario(Paris, Hachette, 1889).
8. E. Bouvy,La Critique dantesque au dix-huitième siècle: Dante et V.(Paris, Leroux, 1892).
9. G. Sorel,Étude sur V.(inDevenir social,Paris, vol. ii., 1896) and see esp. the same author'sLe Système historique de Renan(Paris, Jacques, 1905),passim.
10. B. Labanca,G.B.V. e i suoi critici cattolici(Naples, Pierro, 1898).
11. G. Rossi,V. nei tempi di V.(inRivista filosofica italiana,vol. ii., 1899, pp. 294-319, and part 2,ibid.vol. x., 1907, pp. 602-34).
12. A. Olivieri,Gli studi omerici di G.B.V.(inAtti della r. Accad. di archeologia, lettere e belle arti,Naples, vol. xxiv., 1905).
13. C. Trabalza,Storia della grammatica italiana(Milan, Hoepli, 1908), ch. xii. pp. 364-76.
14. P. Garofalo,Acrisia vichiana nella "Scienza Nuova,"critical annotations (Naples, Detken, 1909): cf. F. Nicolini, inCritica,vol. viii., 1910, pp. 374-8.
15. G. Maugain,Étude sur l'évolution intellectuelle de l'Italie de 1657 à 1750 environ(Paris, Hachette, 1909).
16. On my own previous work upon Vico, it should beobserved that the materials of the chapter on Vico's aesthetic doctrine in Croce,Estetica(4th ed., Bari, Laterza, 1912, ch. v. pp. 255-71), have been worked up in a more mature form into ch. iv. of the present monograph: the essay on Vico's Ethics (inCritica,vi., 1908, pp. 71-7) has been absorbed into chaps, vi.-viii.; and similarly that on theLineamenti di storia letteraria in G.B.V.(ibid.pp. 460-80) into chaps, xvi. and xviii.; my other scattered writings have in general been only of technical, philological, or polemical interest. In the miscellaneousStudi in onore di F. Torraca(Naples, Perrella, 1912) is a short essay by me uponLa Dottrina del riso e dell' ironia in G.B.V.
The whole of the literature on Vico, together with extracts from rare books, minor works, and articles, and with unpublished documents together with fully detailed notes on the editions of Vico's writings, is collected in the three works to which I have frequently referred, namely: B. Croce,Bibliografia vichiana contenente nella parte I il catalogo delle edizioni, traduzioni e manoscritti delle opere di G.B.V.; nella parte II, quello dei giudizi e lavori storico-critici intorno al V. sino al-l' anno corrente; nella parte III lettere inedite del V. e al V., documenti e altri scritti inediti o rari, e varie appendici illustrative(Naples, 1904: reprinted fromAtti dell' Accademia pontaniana,Naples, vol. xxxiv.; pp. xii. 127, 4to);—Supplemento alla Bibliografia vichiana(Naples, 1907; reprinted fromAtti,vol. xxxvii. pp. 34, 4to)—andSecondo Supplemento(Naples, 1911, reprinted fromAtti,vol. xl. pp. 116, 4to); the whole collected in one volume under the title:Bibliografia vichiana; raccolta di tre memorie presentate all' Accademia pontaniana di Napoli nel 1903, 1907 e 1910,with an appendix by F. Nicolini (Bari, Laterza, 1911).[1]
[1]Since the publication of the Italian edition of this work in 1911 several studies of Vico have appeared. The following may be noted:—G. Gentile,La Prima Fase della filosofia di G.B.V.,Naples, 1912 (in theStudi in onore di F. Torraca), quotedsupra,p. 287 n.F. Pessico,Ripensando la Scienza Nuova(inRassegna nazionale,November 1, 1912).G. Folchieri,Il Carattere dell' opera di G.B.V.(Perugia, Bartelli, 1913). F. Nicolini,Spigolature vichiane; sul testo delle Vindiciae(inScritti vari in onore di R. Renier,Turin, 1912).B. Croce,Il V. e la critica omerica(in the volumeSaggio sullo Hegel e altri scritti di storia della filosofia,Bari, Laterza, 1913, pp. 269-282).Cf. also W. Windelband,Die Geschichte der neueren Philosophie,5th ed. Leipzig, 1911, vol. i. pp. 597-8.
[1]Since the publication of the Italian edition of this work in 1911 several studies of Vico have appeared. The following may be noted:—
G. Gentile,La Prima Fase della filosofia di G.B.V.,Naples, 1912 (in theStudi in onore di F. Torraca), quotedsupra,p. 287 n.
F. Pessico,Ripensando la Scienza Nuova(inRassegna nazionale,November 1, 1912).
G. Folchieri,Il Carattere dell' opera di G.B.V.(Perugia, Bartelli, 1913). F. Nicolini,Spigolature vichiane; sul testo delle Vindiciae(inScritti vari in onore di R. Renier,Turin, 1912).
B. Croce,Il V. e la critica omerica(in the volumeSaggio sullo Hegel e altri scritti di storia della filosofia,Bari, Laterza, 1913, pp. 269-282).
Cf. also W. Windelband,Die Geschichte der neueren Philosophie,5th ed. Leipzig, 1911, vol. i. pp. 597-8.
PASSAGES OF VICO'S WORKS TO WHICH ESPECIAL REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE EXPOSITION
Chapter I.—For this chapter see theDe ratione,theDe antiquissima,the twoRiposte al Giornale dei letterati,and the first part of the Autobiography. For the note (p. 8) on the spirit of the Reformation, seeOpere,ed. Ferrari, 2nd ed. vi. 5.
ChapterII.—Opp.v. 147, 239, 136-7, 51; iv. 33; v. 50-51, 147; iv-33, 63-4; iii. 200; v. 17, 97, 103, 149-50, 174; iv. 20, 248; iii. 232; iv. 20; v. 562.
Chapter III.—Opp.v. 147, 162, 99, 42; iv. 73, 81, 174-5; v. 91, 145.
Chapter IV.—Opp.v. 141, 166, 42; iii. 232, 272-3; iv. 20; v. 175, 259, 107; iv. 22, 33; v. 180, 441, 209-10, 201; iv. 205, 206; iii. 274, 275; v. 230, 211, 169; iv. 201, 233, 365; v. 55, 82, 187, 196-7; iv. 224; v. 110, 112, 168, 212, 237, 217, 379, 440, 212, 238; iv. 24.
Chapter V.—Opp.v. 80-81; iv. 20, 21, 74; v. 169; v. 161-7; iv. 191-3, 168-9, v. 18; iv. 169, 50-51; iii. 26; ii. 96-7; v. 166, 43, 169, 420-21, 387, 192, 379, 108.
Chapter VI.—Opp.v. 437, 18; iv. 165; v. 109, 110, 534; vi. 15; v. 532; iii. 12; v. 106; v. 49; iv. 343; vi. 127; iii. 30; iv. 87; iii. 57; v. 490; iv. 40-41; iii. 30; iv. 334; iv. 35; iii. 12, 30; v. 97; iii. 234-40; iv. 49; v. 98, 131; iv. 42-3.
Chapter VII.—Opp.v. 142, 168, 173, 248, 250; iv. 291; v. 106, 242, 142, 137-8, 290; iv. 175-7, 42-3; v. 153, 241; iv. 9; v. 96, 242, 574; iv. 332; v. 97; iv. 176-7, 43; v. 176, 131.
ChapterVIII.—Opp.iv. 309-13; v. 185; iii. 55, 28, 43-4; v. 97; iii. 47-52, 52-3; iv. 14, 45, 57; v. 148, 133; iii. 53, 85-7, 58; v. 240-41, 484; iv. 170-71, 180, 351.
ChapterIX.—Opp.v. 462-3, 544; iv. 43-4, 46; iii. 94, 192-3, 85, 87; iv. 18, 335, 15; v. 129-30, 563, 564; iii. 55; v. 571; iv. 245, 13, 159-60;Scritti inediti,Del Giudice, pp. 11-14.
Chapter X.—Opp.v. 13-14, 128, 143-4, 172, 570; iii. 22; iv. 42; v. 97, 572, 45-6, 463.
ChapterXI.—Opp.iv. 62; v. 116, 183, 558, 559, 561, 570; vi. 127; iii. 95; iv. 249.
Chapter XII.—Same sources as for Ch. I. and also vi. 105-6; v. 524-5.
Chapter XIII.—Opp.v. 60; iii. 249; v. 157, 167-70, 108; iii. 251-61; iv. 17, 253; v. 103, 217-18, 562;Scritti inediti,p. 9.
Chapter XIV.—Opp.v. 94-6, 58, 79, 321, 63-4, 84-5, 96, 93, 100; iv. 27-8, 29-30, 97, 169, 200, 271; v. 182-3, 61-4; iii. 230; iv. 236-43, 184; iii. 450-59; v. 113, 115, 149, 211, 59, 74, 100, 183; iv. 75-6, 89; v. 206; iv. 99; iii. 273; v. 260; iii. 280; v. 430-31, 202-3, 98-9.
Chapter XV.—Opp.v. 356, 357, 255, 355, 121, 361-3, 363-365. 340, 341, 253, 251-3, 259, 132, 118, 278, 311, 309, 307, 118-19, 120, 121, 481, 484-6, 293-4, 246, 526, 528, 530-31, 223-5, 444, 43, 114-15, 222-3, 460, 220, 194, 191-3, 186, 249, 369, 371, 372, 375, 382, 403, 69; iv. 54, 83-4, 225-6.
Chapter XVI.—Opp.v. 380-81, 422-5, 452, 277, 360-61, 381, 426, 435-6, 465, 425, 427, 442, 427-32, 440-41, 445. 448-9, 451, 455, 428-9, 445, 449-56, 445-6, 448, 452, 378-81, 441-2, 453-4, 78, 446-7, 458-60, 433-4, 439; iv. 178; vi. 46; v. 100-101, 467-80, 381, 223-4, 457, 100. 102, 226, 438; iv. 163, 25, 63, 200, 128; iii. 295.
Chapter XVII.—Opp.iv. 249-50, 228; v. 183, 188; iii. 306-10; iv. 93, 34, 155; v. 86, 277, 322-3, 416, 129, 413-416, 81, 326, 86; iii. 473; v. 509-10, 102; iii. 469-75, 87, 122-3; iv. 67-71; v. 123-4, 191, 85, 100, 88, 290-91, 310, 496, 88-92, 123, 495-505. 502, 327. 525-30, 531, 534, 596, 474-476, 401, 551, 555, 514, 476, 515, 537-8, 122, 503, 521, 508, 523, 503, 514.
Chapter XVIII.—Opp.v. 550, 537, 259, 540-41. 546, 555-556; iv. 101, 545, 347-8, 552, 555, 544, 554, 537, 539, 538, 551, 328, 547, 552, 512, 553, 550, 508-9, 68, 488, 547, 538-9, 231, 233, 204, 222, 226, 361, 425, 428-39, 457; iii. 357. vi. 37, 45-6; iii. 270; vi. 35, 37-8, 42, 48; v. 429, 439; iv. 198-200; vi. 38; v. 43, 226, 555, 544, 508-9, 557-8; iv. 235-6, 71.
Chapter XIX.—For this chapter see theDe ratione,the first pages of the Autobiography and the letters to Esperti, De Vitry, and Solla. On wisdom see alsoOpp.v. 153.
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