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Francis Bacon

History, Politics and Science, 1561-1626

  • Paperback
  • 424 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm

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In the centuries since his death, Francis Bacon has been perceived as a promoter and prophet of 'natural science'. Certainly Bacon expected to fill the vacuum which he saw existing in the study of nature; but he also saw himself as a clarifier and promoter of what he called 'policy', that is, the study and improvement of the structure and function of civil states including the then new British state. In this major study, Brian Wormald's first since his work on Clarendon, Bacon is shown resolving this conflict by attending assiduously to both fields, arguing that work on one would help progress in the other. In his teaching, in his practice and in terms of what was actually achieved, the junction between the two enterprises was affected by Bacon's work in history - civil and natural. In this fundamental reappraisal of one of the most complex and innovative figures of the age, Brian Wormald reveals how Bacon's conception and practice of history provided an answer to his strivings in both policy and natural philosophy.
Francis Bacon and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneFrancis Bacon
  • Author

    Brian Harvey Goodwin Wormald

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    November 2006

  • Weight

    618g

  • Page Count

    424

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521031455

  • ISBN-10

    0521031451

  • Eden Code

    4574612

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