Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Note on the Texts - Select List of Vico's Writings and List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Vico's Intellectual Development - Vico's Early Writings, 1709-28 - La Scienza Nuova, 1725, 1730, 1744 - Language, Historical Reconstruction and the Development of Society - Imagination and Historical Knowledge - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index