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New Atlantis ; and, the great instauration / edited by Jerry Weinberger.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) B1155 .N49 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, author.
- Series:
- Crofts classics
- Crofts Classics series
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. 2017
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy.
- Philosophy of nature--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Science--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Science.
- Utopias--Early works to 1800.
- Utopias.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 162 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
- Summary:
- This richly annotated second edition of the now classic pairing of Bacon's New Atlantis and The Great Instauration adds his "Idols of the Mind," "Of Unity in Religion," and "Of The True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates," Along with summaries and questions for the reader, expanded bibliography and principal dates, the new introduction and interpretive essay situate Bacon's technological project in the wider context of his political and moral though and show Bacon's enduring relevance for modern-day readers. A new and generous internal layout makes this second edition classroom-friendly, with easy-to-navigate pedagogical features. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Great Instauration 1
- Proœmium 2
- Epistle Dedicatory 5
- Preface 8
- The Plan of the Work 19
- The Idols of the Mind 35
- Synopsis and Questions 56
- New Atlantis 61
- Of Unity in Religion 113
- Synopsis and Questions 118
- Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates 121
- Synopsis and Questions 130
- On Bacon's New Atlantis 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Contains:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. New Atlantis.
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Instauratio magna. English
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Works. Selections. 2016. New Atlantis and The great instauration.
- ISBN:
- 9781119097983
- 1119097983
- 9781119098027
- 1119098025
- OCLC:
- 931646990
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