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Vico and Literary Mannerism: A Study in the Early Vico and His Idea of Rhetoric and Ingenuity

Vico and Literary Mannerism: A Study in the Early Vico and His Idea of Rhetoric and Ingenuity

Catana, Leo
Verene, Donald Philip

Hardcover

Series: Emory Vico Studies, Book 6

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismGeneral Reference

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ISBN10: 0820439630
ISBN13: 9780820439631
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Mar 1 1999
Pages: 142
Language: English
The Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is known mainly for his philosophy of history. Although he taught rhetoric at the University of Naples most of his life, this occupation has hitherto been regarded as insignificant to his philosophy. However, a manual from 1711, used for teaching rhetoric, makes it clear that the tradition of rhetoric was very important to his philosophy, especially the literary rhetoric of the seventeenth century, formulated by Emanuele Tesauro (1592-1675) and Matteo Peregrini (1595-1652). The present book explains how Vico picked up ideas on metaphor and ingenuity from this literary rhetoric, how he turned them into valuable concepts in a general theory of knowledge, and how Vico's original position enabled him to criticize Descartes' idea of rationality. An appendix provides English translations of the relevant passages of Tesauro and Peregrini.

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