The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon

Overview

In 1623 Sir Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideals in New Atlantis. Published in Latin (as Nova Atlantis) in 1624 and in English in 1627, this utopian novel was his creation of an ideal land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" were the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of Bensalem. In this work, he portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge. The plan and organization of his ideal college, "Salomon's House" (or Solomon's House), envisioned the modern research university in both applied and pure science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609423070
Publisher:	Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc.
Publication date:	09/02/2010
Pages:	66
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.25(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.