New Atlantis and The Great Instauration

Name: New Atlantis and The Great Instauration
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
SKU: 9781119098027
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By (author): Francis Bacon Tom Holt

This richly annotated second edition of the now-classic pairing of Bacons masterpieces, New Atlantis and The Great Instauration features the addition of other works by Bacon, including The Idols of the Mind, Of Unity in Religion and Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates, as well a Summary of the each work and Questions for the reader. S

Includes works new to the second edition, including The Idols of the Mind, Of Unity in Religion, and Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
Updates the layout of the previous edition with a more generous interior design, making this work more student-friendly and easier to navigate in the classroom
Each work is introduced and subsequently discussed, revealing the importance of Bacons work to his contemporaries as well as to modern readers
Includes a comprehensive introduction and annotations throughout the text; as well as an appendix of Principal Dates in the Life of Sir Francis Bacon; a selected bibliography; and synopses and questions to accompany each work

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Weight: 181g
Dimensions: 140 x 213mm
Publication Date: 27 May 2016
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781119098027

About Francis BaconTom Holt

Jerry Weinberger is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. He received his B.A. from The University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has won the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award fellowships from the Earhart Foundation and the Institute for Educational Affairs and has twice been a Senior Research Fellow of the NEH. He is Director of the LeFrak Forum and Co-Director of the Symposium on Science Reason and Modern Democracy. Among his books are Science Faith and Politics: Francis Bacon and the Utopian Roots of the Modern Age (1985); Francis Bacons History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh: A New Edition and Interpretive Essay (1996); and Benjamin Franklin Unmasked: On the Unity of His Moral Religious and Political Thought (2005). A resident of Washington DC he is a regular contributor to City Journal the nations premier urban-policy magazine.