Francis bacon: the double-edged life of the philosopher and statesman
Auteur :
Ellis, Robert P.
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786497270
Date de publication :
11 mai 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
308 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Around the time Shakespeare inaugurated the gilded age of English drama, the young Francis Bacon proposed to take “all knowledge to be my provinceâ€. He soon realized the difficulty of his task, but in the process of his study he posed two related questions which he understood better than any other man of his time: can human beings respect and obey nature, and can they also command nature?