CONTENTS

1. PREFACE
2. INTRODUCTION:
3.   I. Porcía’s “Proposal” and Vico’s Autobiography
4.  II. The Autobiography and the New Science
5. III. The New Science
6. A. The European Background
7. B. The Genesis of the New Science
8. C. The Principles of the New Science
9. IV. Vico’s Reputation and Influence
10. A. In Italy
11. B. In Germany
12. C. In France
13. D. In Great Britain and Ireland
14. E. In the United States
15. F. In the Marxist Tradition
16. THE LIFE OF GIAMBATTISTA VICO WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
17. Part A, 1725
18. Part B, 1725, 1728
19. Continuation by the Author, 1731
20. Continuation by Villarosa, 1818
21. NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
22. NOTES TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
23. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES (1962)
24. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE