Francis BaconPrinceton University Press, 10 nov 2020 - 80 pagina's Francis Bacon (1561-1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. He also led a remarkably varied and dramatic life as a philosopher, writer, lawyer, courtier, and statesman. Although there has been much recent scholarship on individual aspects of Bacon's career, Perez Zagorin's is the first work in many years to present a comprehensive account of the entire sweep of his thought and its enduring influence. Combining keen scholarly and psychological insights, Zagorin reveals Bacon as a man of genius, deep paradoxes, and pronounced flaws. |
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... discussion and examination of Bacon's work , achievements , and characteristics as a thinker and philosopher both with respect to science and in the other areas to which he devoted himself . It begins with a sketch of his life and ...
... discussing chiefly those features of his life that may shed light on his thought.5 Bacon came by his aspiration to acquire power in the royal service as a natural inheritance from his father , Sir Nicholas Bacon , a lawyer , statesman ...
... discussion he referred to Machiavelli without naming him , quoting a passage from the Italian author's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy . 13 Both of these papers were unusual productions , especially for a man still in his ...
... discuss . The trouble with his strategy of deception and veiling himself , however , was that it must sometimes have backfired . He may not have fooled those he planned to manipulate ; instead , they may have seen through his wiles and ...
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Inhoudsopgave
The Great Instauration | 74 |
Morals and Politics | 129 |
Language Law and History | 175 |
Conclusion | 221 |
INDEX | 281 |