Philosophy as History (1911-1921)
| I. | Works and Days | |
| II. | The Theory of History | |
| III. | Criticism and History | |
| IV. | Veritas filta temporis |
Bibliographical Note
Index
BENEDETTO CROCE
[INTRODUCTION]
Croce's family, and early education—His religion—Life in Rome in the eighties—Labriola's influence—Meditations on ethics—Return to Naples; life as a scholar—Travels; and the problem of history —Philosophus fit—The intellectual conditions of Italy after the Risorgimento—Contemporary European culture—American analogies —Two leaders of Italian thought—Francesco de Sanctis—Giosuè Carducci—Croce's approach to philosophy, and his method of work—His relations to the philosophical practition—Vico and the philosophy of the Renaissance—Bruno and Campanella—The humanism of Vico—Naturalism and spiritualism—A philosophy of the human spirit.