Francis Bacon's Inquiry Touching Human Nature

Virtue, Philosophy, and the Relief of Man's Estate

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Francis Bacon's "Inquiry Touching Human Nature" is a study of Francis Bacon's moral philosophy in its relation to the enlightenment project he helped launch. Since Bacon is one of the founders of technological modernity, the book presents a meditation on the presuppositions and character of modern life. In its distinctiveness, modern life is characterized by a rejection as well as a reinterpretation of the classical and Christian approaches to life and conceptions of virtue. Svetozar Minkov follows closely Bacon's confrontation with the traditional views on courage, moderation, justice, wisdom, love, and ways of dealing with death and general adversity. Bacon had a comprehensive vision of the human situation. He can help us think through the relation between power and wisdom. And because he saw the costs or dangers of modern life as clearly as he predicted, and helped bring about, its advancements and boons, Bacon is a thinker who addresses directly and deeply our own perplexities.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-10
Mått:163 x 240 x 17 mm
Vikt:406 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:158
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739144817

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Svetozar Minkov is assistant professor of philosophy at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He has also taught at MIT, Kenyon College, and the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Man and His Enemies: Essays on Carl Schmitt (Bialystok University Press), and Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner (Lexington Books). Together with Gabriel Bartlett, he is the translator of Leo Strauss's Hobbes's Critique of Religion (University of Chicago Press).

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In this bold, beautifully written, and very personal study, Professor Minkov looks beyond the Bacon we all know—the champion of a new science, the inductive method, and the bounties of technology—to reveal a moral thinker of the first rank, whose musings on love, justice, nobility, and death both inform and ultimately eclipse his scientific project.

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Chapter 1 Introduction—Bacon's Elusiveness; Argument and ActionChapter 2 Chapter 1—Bacon's Intention: The Motive for Bacon's Project; Bacon and the Philosophic Life: Arguments and DoubtsChapter 3 Chapter 2—Bacon on the Human Good: Passions and Virtues; The Relation between the Common and the Private GoodChapter 4 Chapter 3—Bacon on Courage and Wisdom: Why Turn to Early Bacon and Of Tribute; The Analysis of Fortitude; "Truth" and the Defense of Philosophy in the Advancement of LearningChapter 5 Chapter 4—Bacon on Justice and Death: The Analysis of Justice; Death, Hope, and ImmortalityChapter 6 Chapter 5—Bacon on Love: The Praise of Love in Of Tribute; The Status of Love in the New Atlantis; Dionysius, or Desire; The Morality of Love in the Essays; Cosmological ErosChapter 7 Chapter 6—Bacon's Wise Ancients and the Future of His Project: Sirens, or Pleasures; Orpheus, or Philosophy; The Sphinx, or Science; The Meaning of Bacon's Project; ConclusionChapter 8 Bibliography