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Apocalypse and Experiment- [e-book] : The theological assumptions and religious motivations of Francis Bacon's Instauration
Apocalypse and Experiment- [e-book] : The theological assumptions and religious motivations of Francis Bacon's Instauration
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ISBN  
9780496824274
저자명  
Matthews, Steven Paul
서명/저자  
Apocalypse and Experiment - [e-book] : The theological assumptions and religious motivations of Francis Bacons Instauration / by Steven Paul Matthews
발행사항  
Gainesville : University of Florida, 2004.
형태사항  
412 p.
주기사항  
Chair: Stephen A. McKnight.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2004.
초록/해제  
요약 : This study reevaluates the belief system of Francis Bacon and the role which his theology played in the development of his program for the reform of learning, the Great Instauration. Bacon's Instauration writings are saturated with theological statements and Biblical references which inform and explain his program, yet this aspect of his writings has received little attention. Previous considerations of Bacon's religion have been drawn from a fairly short list of his published writings. Consequently, Bacon has been portrayed as everything from an atheist to a Puritan, and scholarly consensus is lacking. This study argues that by considering the historical context of Bacon's society, and particularly the narrower context of his literary circle, his own theology can be brought into clearer focus, and his philosophy more properly understood. Chapter 1 surveys the theological trends of the Tudor and Stuart eras which pertain to Bacon's life and writings, incorporating considerations from the field of English Reformation history and the intellectual history of the Renaissance. Chapter 2 focuses on Bacon personally, and identifies a turn in his life away from his Calvinist upbringing toward patristic writings, particularly those of Irenaeus of Lyons. Chapter 3 identifies Bacon as a member of a literary circle including Lancelot Andrewes and others for whom a rejection of the Calvinist norm in favor of more esoteric authorities was common. Informed by this context, chapter 4 reconstructs in chronological order the narrative of Sacred History as Bacon understood it, and relates it to his belief in a providential age in which humans would recover Edenic mastery over nature. Chapter 5 unpacks this theological system and examines its significance for reading Bacon on a variety of topics from his understanding of human free will to his use of hermetic and magical sources, and argues against the common idea that a strict separation of matters of faith and science was one of Bacon's main contributions to the history of western thought. Bacon's image as a pioneer of the Scientific Revolution ensures that this study has significant implications for current western cultural identity as well.
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University of Florida.
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