| Francis Bacon: History, Politics and Science, 1561 1626 Contributor(s): Wormald, B. H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521031451 ISBN-13: 9780521031455 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Brian Wormald provides a fundamental reappraisal of one of the most complex and innovative figures of the late-Elizabethan and Jacobean age. In the centuries since his death, Francis Bacon (1561-1626) has been perceived and studied as a promoter and prophet of the philosophy of science--natural science--but he saw himself also as a clarifier and promoter of what he called "policy" or the study and improvement of the structure and function of civil states. Mr. Wormald shows that Bacon was concerned equally with the knowledge of the world of nature and with that of policy. The junction between the two enterprises was effected by his work in history; and in the end it was Bacon's conception and practice of history that provided the answer to his efforts to advance policy and natural philosophy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Science | Paleontology |
| Dewey: 192 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Brian Wormald provides a fundamental reappraisal of one of the most complex and innovative figures of the late-Elizabethan and Jacobean age. In the centuries since his death, Francis Bacon (1561-1626) has been perceived and studied as a promoter and prophet of the philosophy of science--natural science--but he saw himself also as a clarifier and promoter of what he called policy or the study and improvement of the structure and function of civil states. Mr. Wormald shows that Bacon was concerned equally with the knowledge of the world of nature and with that of policy. The junction between the two enterprises was effected by his work in history; and in the end it was Bacon's conception and practice of history that provided the answer to his efforts to advance policy and natural philosophy. |
