The Advancement of Learning - format ePub

Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one fact is certainly true when dealing with Sir Francis Bacon.The...

The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic...

Sir Francis Bacon hatte während der wissenschaftlichen Revolution im England des XVII. Jahrhunderts einen enormen Einfluss auf Wissenschaft und Philosophie. Er war der erste, der für eine skeptische und...

Sir Francis Bacon ha avuto un enorme impatto sulla scienza e sulla filosofia durante la rivoluzione scientifica nell'Inghilterra del XVII secolo. Fu il primo a sostenere un approccio scientifico scettico...

Sir Francis Bacon hatt en enorm innvirkning på vitenskap og filosofi i den vitenskapelige revolusjonen i XVII-tallets England. Han var den første til å argumentere for en skeptisk og metodisk tilnærming...

Sir Francis Bacon teve um enorme impacto na ciência e na filosofia durante a revolução científica na Inglaterra do século XVII. Foi o primeiro a defender uma abordagem céptica e metódica na ciência, baseada...

Sir Francis Bacon had een enorme invloed op de wetenschap en de filosofie tijdens de wetenschappelijke revolutie in het Engeland van de XVIIe eeuw. Hij was de eerste om te pleiten voor een sceptische...

Sir Francis Bacon hade en enorm inverkan på vetenskap och filosofi under den vetenskapliga revolutionen sextonhundratalet England. Han var den förste att kräva en skeptisk och metodiskt tillvägagångssätt...

Sir Francis Bacon tuvo un tremendo impacto en la ciencia y la filosofía durante la revolución científica en la Inglaterra del siglo XVII. Fue el primero en abogar por un enfoque escéptico y metódico de...

"New Atlantis" is an incomplete utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel...

Francis Bacon's landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his rejection...

One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and...

Francis Bacons 'Neues Organon' ist ein wegweisendes Werk in der Geschichte der Wissenschaft und des wissenschaftlichen Denkens. Das Buch, das erstmals im Jahr 1620 erschien, präsentiert Bacons Methode...

Das Novum Organum, auch Neues Organon, ist das wissenschaftstheoretische philosophische Hauptwerk von Francis Bacon, das in Latein verfasst und 1620 in England veröffentlicht wurde. Es gilt als Wendepunkt...

The 'New Atlantis', first published in 1627, but probably written between 1622 and 1624, is a fragmentary sketch of an ideal commonwealth, and in particular of an ideal "palace of invention" called "Solomon's...

Nous publions en édition bilingue l'Essai d'un traité sur la justice universelle, comme il parut dans l'édition de 1824 accomplie par J.B. De Vauzelles, qui l'avait accompagné d'autres textes judiciaires...

Le philosophe Francis Bacon (1521-1626) est l'un des pionniers de la pensée scientifique moderne. Comparable à Descartes, et peut-être méconnu en France pour cela même, son oeuvre s'étend de l'épistémologie...

1. L’homme, serviteur et interprète de la nature, n’agit et ne comprend que dans la proportion de ses découvertes expérimentales et rationnelles sur les lois de cette nature ; hors de là, il ne sait et...

Pas de méthode scientifique moderne sans Sir Francis Bacon. Son oeuvre s'inscrit dans le cadre de la révolution scientifique, qui prit son essor au XVIIe siècle en Angleterre et décida de toute l'évolution...

Les trois opuscules ici traduits (Production virile du siècle, Récusation des doctrines philosophiques, Pensées et vues sur l'interprétation de la nature), bien que publiés après la mort de Bacon, apparaissent...

« Ceux qui ont osé parler dogmatiquement de la nature, comme d’un sujet exploré, soit que leur esprit trop confiant, ou leur vanité et l’habitude de parler en maîtres leur ait inspiré cette audace, ont...

La Renaissance est une période cruciale de l'histoire des idées, dont la richesse incroyable a fondé les structures de la pensée moderne. Comprendre ses plus grands penseurs, c'est saisir le monde dans...

300 citations de la philosophie de la Renaissance

500 citations des grands philosophes du XVIe siècle

900 citations de la philosophie moderne

They who have presumed to dogmatize on nature, as on some well investigated subject, either from self-conceit or arrogance, and in the professorial style, have inflicted the greatest injury on philosophy...

Published in 1605, Sir Francis Bacon’s ‘The Advancement of Learning’ is a ground-breaking philosophical work that outlines his empirical scientific method. Addressed to King James I, this two book treatise...

Sir Francis Bacon’s ‘The New Atlantis’ is an Early Modern Utopian novel that explores an idealised view of what human progress can achieve. The novel centres around the Utopian Island of ‘Bensalem’ and...

This collection contains fifty-eight essays, published at various times between 1597 and 1625, on subjects ranging among state policy, personal conduct, and the appreciation of nature. Bacon has been...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) stellte die traditionellen Forschungsmethoden seiner Zeit in Frage und bot gleichzeitig eine Alternative an. So sollte das Wesen der Dinge nicht mehr durch deduktive Schlüsse...

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