Giambattista Vico: References & Edit History

The standard edition of Vico’s works is by Fausto Nicolini, 8 vol. (1911–41). For bibliography, see Benedetto Croce, Bibliografia vichiana, enlarged and ed. by Fausto Nicolini, 2 vol. (1947–48). The milieu, formation, and evolution of Vico’s thought are studied in Jules Chaix-Ruy, La Formation de la pensée philosophique de G.-B. Vico (1943, reprinted 1979), Vie de J.-B. Vico (1943), which contains abundant notes, and J.-B. Vico et l’illuminisme athée (1968). Leon Pompa, Vico: A Study of the “New Science,” 2nd ed. (1990), offers a systematic analysis of some of Vico’s principal philosophical views, including those on human nature, historical and social change, and Providence. Giambattista Vico: An International Symposium, ed. by Giorgio Tagliacozzo and Hayden V. White (1969), contains original essays by leading scholars charting Vico’s contributions to Western thought.