The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon

Overview

The New Atlantis is a novel by Sir Francis Bacon. In this work, the author portrays a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a land where generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the island of Bensalem.

In The New Atlantis, many aspects of the society and history of the island are described, such as the christian religion, which is reported to have being born there as a copy of the Bible and a letter from the Apostle Saint Bartholomew, arrived there miraculously, a few years after the Ascension of Jesus; a cultural feast in honor of the family institution, called "the Feast of the Family"; a college of sages, the Salomon's House, "the very eye of the kingdom."

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788940634
Publisher:	Discovery Publisher
Publication date:	08/12/2018
Pages:	76
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
Bacon has been called the creator of empiricism. His works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Date of the New Atlantis; Connexion of the New Atlantis with Bacon's philosophical reform; Bacon's aim and art in the New Atlantis; The influence of the New Atlantis; Bacon's grammar as exemplified in the New Atlantis; Text; Notes; Glossary; Index of proper names.