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050 00 $aB1197$b.Z34 1998
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100 1 $aZagorin, Perez.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79131895
245 10 $aFrancis Bacon /$cby Perez Zagorin.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axvi, 286 pages, 11 pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-280) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tIntroduction: Bacon's Two Lives --$gCh. 2.$tPhilosophy and the Reconstruction of Knowledge: The Genesis of Bacon's Project --$gCh. 3.$tThe Great Instauration --$gCh. 4.$tHuman Philosophy: Morals and Politics --$gCh. 5.$tLanguage, Law, and History --$gCh. 6.$tConclusion.
520 $aFrancis Bacon (1561-1626), commonly regarded as one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. He also led a remarkably varied and dramatic life as a philosopher, writer, lawyer, courtier, and statesman.
520 8 $aAlthough there has been much recent scholarship on individual aspects of Bacon's career, Perez Zagorin's is the first work in many years to present a comprehensive account of the entire sweep of his thought and its enduring influence.
520 8 $aZagorin shows that, despite his idealistic philosophy and rare intellectual gifts, Bacon's political life was marked by continual careerism in his efforts to achieve advancement. He follows Bacon's rise at court and describes his removal from his office as England's highest judge for taking bribes.
520 8 $aZagorin then examines Bacon's philosophy and theory of science in connection with his project for the promotion of scientific progress, which he called "The Great Instauration." He shows how Bacon's critical empiricism and attempt to develop a new method of discovery made a seminal contribution to the growth of science. He demonstrates Bacon's historic importance as a prophetic thinker, who, at the edge of the modern era, predicted that science would be used to prolong life, cure diseases, invent new materials, and create new weapons of destruction. Finally, the book examines Bacon's writings on such subjects as morals, politics, language, rhetoric, law, and history.
520 8 $aZagorin shows that Bacon was one of the great legal theorists of his day, an influential philosopher of language, and a penetrating historian.
600 10 $aBacon, Francis,$d1561-1626.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100235
650 0 $aPhilosophers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109211
852 00 $bglx$hB1197$i.Z34 1998