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THE AUTHOR ELABORATES SOME GENERAL ASPECTS OF "GIBBON'S DILEMMA", IN PARTICULAR THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL MYTH IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT. ONE OF THE FIRST THINKER WHO WORKED OUT THE "NEW" THEORY OF POLITICAL MYTH WAS GIAMBATTUSTA VICO; HOWEVER, HIS THEORY OF POLITICAL MYTH HAS NOT BEEN EXTENSIVELY ANALYZED. THE MAIN TASK OF THE ARTICLE IS TO CLARIFY VICO'S CONCEPT OF AUTHORITY AND THEREBY MAKE CLEAR THE PECULIAR POLITICAL SENSIBILITIES AND AIMS OF HIS NEW SCIENCE.