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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... genuine novelties , unless the present is really creative of them , I don't see the use of time at all . - William James to Henry Adams , 9 February 1908 CONTENTS PREFACE ix REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS XV CHAPTER 1 Introduction.
... present - day readers , students , and scholars , however , is a reasonably comprehensive and up - to - date history of Bacon's mind that presents a broad survey and analysis of the whole range of his ideas in their historical context ...
... present a balanced study of the scope of Bacon's thought , and I do not flatter myself that I have succeeded in surmounting them all . The philosopher Thomas Hobbes , who was once Bacon's scribe or secretary for a brief period ...
... present in his writings , but no less for its relevance in helping us to understand some of his ideas . What follows is accordingly a brief and selective biographical sketch discussing chiefly those features of his life that may shed ...
... present occupant vacated it , an event for which he was obliged to wait nearly twenty years , while in the meantime it brought him nothing . 14 Conscious of his great powers and eager to play a role in affairs , he saw himself still ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Great Instauration | 74 |
Morals and Politics | 129 |
Language Law and History | 175 |
Conclusion | 221 |
INDEX | 281 |