Publications
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Vico’s Ring. Notes on the“Scienza nuova”, its Structure, and the Hermeneutics of Homer’s Works
(2016)
The present study of Giambattista Vico’s defining work, La Scienza nuova (The New Science) is concerned with an approach to the work that pays requisite attention not only to the content but also to its form. To that end, ...
Le «borie» vichiane come paradigma euristico. Hybris dei popoli e dei saperi fra moderno e contemporaneo
(2015)
The essays included in this volume assume Giambattista Vico’s theory of the “conceits” (borie) as a heuristic paradigm for investigating different forms of arrogance by peoples and by kinds of knowledge. The book is made ...
Diari (1800-1808)
(2014)
Like many young Neapolitan physicians, Giosuè Sangiovanni (1776-1849) was involved in the revolution of 1799. He served in the Guard of the Republic, whose tragic end marked his destiny as an exile and a scientist. Sangiovanni ...
Della mente sovrana del mondo
(2014)
Tommaso Rossi (1673-1743), Abbot of Montefusco in the Kingdom of Naples, devoted his life to metaphysical and theological studies and had epistolary relations with Giambattista Vico. In his philosophical works "Dell’animo ...
Itinerari di ricerca intorno a Vico e a Leopardi: potenza e limitatezza dell’umana conoscenza
(2017)
Research paths around Vico and Leopardi: power and limits of human knowledge. This volume collects the papers presented at a seminar held in Potenza in November 2016 and constitutes the first outcome of a research project ...
Invito a Vico
(2018)
This book contains eight essays on Vico written by Pietro Piovani between 1968 and 1976. It is the only collection of writings on Vico designed by the author, for a publication in Spanish. Although the single essays had ...
La repubblica in collegio. Gli scolopi a Roma tra Lumi e Rivoluzione
(2023)
The Roman Republic of 1798-99, the first experience of lay government in the city of the Pope since the end of the Middle Ages, saw an involvement of the clerics of the Pious Schools which may be at first glance surprising. ...
Voltaire devant l'Index et le Saint-Office. Les dossiers de censure
(2024)
Voltaire before the Index and the Holy Office. The censorship records. Voltaire was the author most censured by the Roman congregations of the Holy Office and/or the Index in the 18th century. This book offers a critical ...