Francis Bacon on motion and power / Guido Giglioni, James A.T. Lancaster, Sorana Corneanu, Dana Jalobeanu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giglioni, Guido, editor.

Lancaster, James A. T., editor.

Corneanu, Sorana, editor.

Jalobeanu, Dana, 1970- editor.

Series:

Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 218.

International Archives of the History of Ideas = Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 0066-6610 ; 218

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Bacon, Francis.

Medicine--Philosophy.

Medicine.

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Switzerland : Springer, [2016]

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special emphasis on the medical, ethical and political aspects of his thought. It presents an original interpretation focused on the material conditions of nature and human life. In particular, coverage in the book is organized around the unifying theme of Bacon's notion of appetite, which is considered in its natural, ethical, medical and political meanings. The book redefines the notions of experience and experiment in Bacon's philosophy of nature, shows the important presence of Stoic themes in his work as well as provides an original discussion of the relationships between natural magic, prudence and political realism in his philosophy. Bringing together scholarly expertise from the history of philosophy, the history of science and the history of literature, this book presents readers with a rich and diverse contextualization of Bacon's philosophy.--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Francis Bacon and the Theologico-Political Reconfiguration of Desire in the Early Modern Period / Guido Giglioni

Appetites, Matter and Metaphors: Aristotle, Physics I, 9 (192a22-23) and Its Renaissance Commentators / Daniel C. Anderson

Lists of Motions: Francis Bacon on Material Disquietude / Guido Giglioni

Bacon's Apples: A Case Study in Baconian Experimentation / Dana Jalobeanu

Prolongatio Vitae and Euthanasia in Francis Bacon / Marta Fattori

Francis Bacon's Flux of the Spirits and Renaissance Paradigms of Hybridity and Adaptation / Miranda Anderson

Cupido, sive Atomus; Dionysus, sive Cupiditas: Francis Bacon on Desire / Guido Giglioni

The Ethics of Motion: Self-Preservation, Preservation of the Whole and the 'Double Nature of the Good' in Francis Bacon / Silvia Manzo

Francis Bacon on the Motions of the Mind / Sorana Corneanu

Francis Bacon on the Moral and Political Character of the Universe / James A.T. Lancaster

A More Perfect Union: Bacon's Correspondence of Form and Policy / Vera Keller

Bacon's Idola in Vernacular Translations: 1600-1900 / Marialuisa Parise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319276395

9783319276397

OCLC:

929543817