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Named Person: | Francis Bacon; Francis Bacon; Francis Bacon; Francis Bacon; Francis Bacon |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
B H G Wormald |
ISBN: | 0521307732 9780521307734 |
OCLC Number: | 22597250 |
Description: | 409 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Two programmes -- 3. Knowledges are as pyramids -- 4. Logic -- 5. Policy: a great part of philosophy -- 6. Morality and policy I -- 7. Morality and policy II -- 8. Morality and policy III -- 9. Morality and policy IV -- 10. Civil history of letters -- 11. Civil history of the reign of King Henry the 7th -- 12. Aims and claims -- 13. No metaphysics of nature -- 14. Bacon and his markers I -- 15. Bacon and his markers II -- Notes -- Index. |
Series Title: | Cambridge studies in the history and theory of politics. |
Responsibility: | B.H.G. Wormald. |
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"Wormald provides important insights into Bacon's natural philosophy in the process of examining the similarities between his natural and civil philosophy programs." American Historical Review "...a fresh and methodical reading of the Baconian corpus that no future scholar will be able to ignore." Canadian Journal of history "To my mind, this rich, complex study repays the effort that must be expended on it....Wormald shows what a vast, and at the same time flawed, intellectual giant Bacon was." A. Rupert Hall, Nature "Wormald resists any fast flights to the easy, familiar generalizations about Bacon; rather throughout his study he remains centered in and on the texts of Bacon...To gain a formidable understanding of a past thinker, text and context must be brought together...to accomplish it with integrity and also advance our understanding is a test of any genujne, scholarly contribution...In opening a number of new vistas to Bacon, Wormald suceeds in this and to our benefit." Dominic J. Balestra, Sixteenth Century Journal "Wormald's reading of Bacon's philosophy, and especially of the importance of the historical component within it, is often rewarding." F.J. Levy, Albion "...this study represents a fresh look at Francis Bacon. Its argument possesses strength and persuasiveness based on a close examination of primary sources. It is a significant contribution." George Ouwendijk, Renaissance Quarterly Read more...

