Preface1. The Boy 2. Law and Poetry 3. Vatolla 4. The Influence of Contemporaries 5. A Vocation 6.Early Teaching 7. A Treatise on Method 8. The Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians 9. The Life of Caraffa 10. A Philosophy of Jurisprudence 11. Philosophy and Philology 12. Life and Work (1720-1725) 13. The Scienza Nuova 14. Life and Writings (1725-1729) 15. The Second Scienza Nuova 16. Life and Work (1730-1744) 17. The Greatness of Vico Appendix Notes and References Index