1st Edition
Giambattista Vico on Natural Law Rhetoric, Religion and Sensus Communis
By John Schaeffer
Copyright 2019
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book introduces the thought of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) into the discussion about natural law. For many critics, natural law is not natural but a façade behind which lurks the supernatural – that is, revealed religion. While current notions of natural law are based on either Aristotelian/Thomistic principles or on Enlightenment rationalism, the book shows how Vico was the only natural... Read more
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
- EXCAVATING ROMAN LEGAL HISTORY
- NATURAL LAW AND SENSUS COMMUNIS
CHAPTER ONE: VICO’S LEGAL MILIEU
CHAPTER TWO: VICO’S UNIVERSAL LAW: RELIGION, RHETORIC AND THE ROMAN PARADIGM
CHAPTER THREE: NATURAL LAW IN THE FIRST NEW SCIENCE
CHAPTER FOUR: NATURAL LAW LAND THE REVISED NEW SCIENCE
CHAPTER FIVE: REPRISE: THE SENSES OF THE SENSUS COMMUNIS
CHAPTER SIX: THE ARISTOTELIAN-THOMIST TRADITION
CHAPTER SEVEN: VICO’S PLACE IN THE NATURAL LAW TRADITION
CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSION: NATURAL LAW IN THE BARBARISM OF REFLECTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Biography
John Schaeffer is Emeritus Professor of English at Northern Illinois, US
