Francesco Bruni
From common good to common utility. II. New remarks on the intellectual terminology of «Scienza nuova»
Abstract
Informations and abstract
Keywords: Giambattista Vico; Intellectual Terminology; Historical Semantics.
This is the second part of a paper, the first part of which was published in «Lingua e Stile», L, 2015, pp. 63-90. The author examines a cluster of related intellectual words and their meanings in the three editions of "Scienza nuova" (1725, 1730, 1744) by Giambattista Vico. The main terms analysed in the second part are: "concordia" ('concord'), "bene pubblico" vs. "bene privato" ('public good' vs. 'private good'), "equità" ('equity'), "utilità" ('utility').