Giambattista Vico, das Naturrecht, und der Begriff "Obligatio"

In my paper, I aim to explore the relation between the concept of obligation and the idea of law in Vico’s philosophy. I argue that the concept of law (jus) and its mandatory element, i.e. the obligation (obligatio) constitute the link between the metaphysical verum and the historical certum. According to my interpretation, I present the obligation as the efficacy of the realised, necessary and coercive legal truths in the real, historical societies. I divide my paper into two parts: an historical and a theoretical one. In the first section, I deal with one episode in the reception of the Scienza Nuova Prima and with the role the concept of law plays in this work. In the second section, I present my interpretative thesis concerning the role of the concept of obligation in the context of Vicos legal philosophical argumentations