Vico's "New Science"

"Donald Phillip Verene is the world's leading scholar in English of Vico, and his philosophical commentary on Vico’s New Science is excellent, exhaustive, even definitive. It summarizes, analyzes, and explains Vico’s extraordinary work in a more comprehensive way than other books on this major philosopher and human scientist. By offering clear explanations and informed analyses, Verene has provided a singular companion to Vico’s masterpiece." -- Donald R. Kelley, James Westfall Thompson Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University, and former Executive Editor Journal of the History of Ideas
"Vico's New Science is a book indispensable to anyone engaged with the collective intellectual life of Western culture. It continues to shape the study of history, linguistics, literature, rhetoric, anthropology, myth, religion, education, culture, and politics yes, all of these!. And if there is one book to read about Vico’s New Science, it is Donald Phillip Verene’s Vico’s "New Science": A Philosophical Commentary. Verene combines lucid explanation with expert knowledge and judgment. This is a complete, masterful treatment of Vico’s masterpiece. It covers difficult ground with great clarity and leads one back to its subject with fidelity, deeply assimilated scholarship, and wisdom. Anyone interested in humane culture will gain much from this volume." -- James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University, author of The Committed Word: Literature and Public Values
"Donald Phillip Verene has proven mastery of every phase of Vico's thought, coupled with a deep interest in the classical and Renaissance theories of rhetoric that Vico drew on in the New Science. In this book, Verene's patient engagement with the whole of Vico’s text is beguiling, allowing the structure of Vico’s argument to emerge." -- Bruce Haddock, Cardiff University, author of A History of Political Thought: From Antiquity to the Present