Francis Bacon
The Double-Edged Life of the Philosopher and Statesman
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2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9727-0 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9727-0 (ISBN)
Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the gilded age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take “all knowledge to be my province”. He soon realized the difficulty of his task, but in the process of his study he posed two related questions which he understood better than any other man of his time: can human beings respect and obey nature, and can they also command nature?
Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the gilded age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take “all knowledge to be my province.” He soon realized the difficulty of his task, but in the process of his study he posed two related questions which he understood better than any other man of his time: can human beings respect and obey nature, and can they also command nature? Developing these points, he asked many other questions considered useless and impractical in his time but vital in ours.
After a busy career as an English parliamentarian, judge and advisor of King James I, Bacon published in his final years the results of a proposal, The Advancement of Learning, which had had written in middle age. These works included his New Atlantis--with its prescient vision of human accomplishments, many achieved only in the past century--and, in the first important book of English essays, an investigation of civil and moral problems that continue to engage and perplex us.
Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the gilded age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take “all knowledge to be my province.” He soon realized the difficulty of his task, but in the process of his study he posed two related questions which he understood better than any other man of his time: can human beings respect and obey nature, and can they also command nature? Developing these points, he asked many other questions considered useless and impractical in his time but vital in ours.
After a busy career as an English parliamentarian, judge and advisor of King James I, Bacon published in his final years the results of a proposal, The Advancement of Learning, which had had written in middle age. These works included his New Atlantis--with its prescient vision of human accomplishments, many achieved only in the past century--and, in the first important book of English essays, an investigation of civil and moral problems that continue to engage and perplex us.
Robert P. Ellis is a retired English professor from Worcester State University, USA. He lives in Northborough, Massachusetts, USA.
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction 5
1. Now Somewhat Ancient 17
2. Like a Child Following a Bird 33
3. Not in the Proportion I Hoped 49
4. The Corner-Stone Laid 62
5. Prospects and Possibilities 81
6. A Greater Place 98
7. Lord Keeper, Lord Chancellor 109
8. Still Ascending 123
9. A Broken Reed 140
10. Seeking an Otium 156
11. They Come Home 173
12. An Experiment or Two 190
Chapter Notes 201
Bibliography 205
Index 209
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2015 |
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Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9727-0 / 0786497270 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9727-0 / 9780786497270 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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