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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"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
"...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
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In this book Brian Wormald provides a fundamental reappraisal of one of the most innovative figures of the age. Though dedicated to his work on both 'natural science' and 'policy' Bacon's conception and practice of history is here revealed as central to his understanding of both.
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In the course of his lifetime and career Francis Bacon pre-enacted his subsequent reputation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
allied unto action, civil historians, civil history writing, delectable speculation, hath seen clearer, man segregate, man congregate, veins than for sections, more difficile, civil experience, vain apprehensions, general persuading, thoughtful prudence, summary treatise, extant arts, whereof history, least taxation, exemplar states, civil knowledge, inspired divinity, prospective history, civil philosophy, mixed history, civil histories, civil science Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
King James, Considerations Touching, Great Instauration, House of Commons, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law, Fountains of Equity, Advancement Bacon, Sextus Empiricus, Low Countries, Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, Queen Elizabeth, Temporis Partus Masculus, Council of Wales, Great Contract, King of Spain, Philosophia Prima, Thomas Hobbes, United Kingdom, Compare Discourse, King of France, Meditationes Sacrae, Platform of Good, Prince of Wales New!
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allied unto action, civil historians, civil history writing, delectable speculation, hath seen clearer, man segregate, man congregate, veins than for sections, more difficile, civil experience, vain apprehensions, general persuading, thoughtful prudence, summary treatise, extant arts, whereof history, least taxation, exemplar states, civil knowledge, inspired divinity, prospective history, civil philosophy, mixed history, civil histories, civil science Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
King James, Considerations Touching, Great Instauration, House of Commons, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law, Fountains of Equity, Advancement Bacon, Sextus Empiricus, Low Countries, Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, Queen Elizabeth, Temporis Partus Masculus, Council of Wales, Great Contract, King of Spain, Philosophia Prima, Thomas Hobbes, United Kingdom, Compare Discourse, King of France, Meditationes Sacrae, Platform of Good, Prince of Wales New!
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- Novum Organum (Spanish Edition) by Francis Bacon on 79 pages
- The Advancement of Learning (Modern Library Science) by Francis Bacon on 13 pages
- History Of Life And Death by Francis Bacon on 12 pages
- Of Empire (Penguin Great Ideas) by Francis Bacon on 9 pages
- Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon on 7 pages
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