Publication Date:
2014
abstract:
Vico and the negation of History. This article concerns the
relationship between history and ingens sylva, as it appears in Vico’s Scienza
nuova. According to Mario Papini, ingens sylva is the fourth age of the Scienza
nuova, never explained and nevertheless always present. According to Enzo Paci,
history itself is an exception in front of the ingens sylva. History emerges from
body, gestures, symbols, metaphors, and only at the end concepts and mind come
to the fore. History is not a priori guaranteed by any concept or eternal idea. The
ingens sylva hangs over every moment of the history: it is not only our past, but
also our future, as the barbarism of reflection.
relationship between history and ingens sylva, as it appears in Vico’s Scienza
nuova. According to Mario Papini, ingens sylva is the fourth age of the Scienza
nuova, never explained and nevertheless always present. According to Enzo Paci,
history itself is an exception in front of the ingens sylva. History emerges from
body, gestures, symbols, metaphors, and only at the end concepts and mind come
to the fore. History is not a priori guaranteed by any concept or eternal idea. The
ingens sylva hangs over every moment of the history: it is not only our past, but
also our future, as the barbarism of reflection.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
vico; ingens sylva; jura imaginaria; severino; barbarie della riflessione
List of contributors:
Valagussa, Francesco
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