From vague concubits to certain marriages: a look at Vico and Rosmini

Abstract

The aim of the essay is to investigate the institution of marriage in the works of Giambattista Vico and Antonio Rosmini. Both authors, in fact, derive universal lessons by investigating particular historical societies. Even marriage, a historically diverse institute, assumes a universal ethical-legal value in both Vico and Rosmini, to which is added the function played by the family with respect to the constitution of the civil order against the background of the propulsive tole of conflict.