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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A review of Vico's concept ion of jurisprudence -A study of Vico's "Institutiones Oratoriae"

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13620012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Fundamental law
Research InstitutionRyukoku University (2003)
Kyushu University (2001-2002)

Principal Investigator

KODAMA Hiroshi  Ryukoku University, Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (70192060)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
KeywordsVico / rhetoric / jurisprudence / roman law / epicheirema / matabasis
Research Abstract

Vico's conception of jurisprudence aims for the realization of natural equity under a great variety of circumstances. The following are the methods of reasoning which he considers the most suitable for it.
(1)the inductive discovery of proper medium by the full using of "ingenium", i.e. the imaginative leap that finds similarity in two things that are apparently dissimilar.
(2)the reinforcement of syllogism by "epicheirema", i.e. means of reasons, proofs and other additional supports made from various visual angles.
(3)the skillful operation of medium by "matabasis", i.e. the transition from one genus (or species) to another.

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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