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Science and Rule in Bacon's Utopia: An Introduction to the Reading of the New Atlantis

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Bacon's New Atlantis presents a picture of human life governed by the new science to be produced by his reformation of the arts and sciences. Unlike his successor Hobbes, who forged a link between modern science and a certain, demonstrable doctrine of political rule, Bacon made no claim to found or present a political science. The reason for this is shown by an analysis of the political teaching of the New Atlantis. Bacon's political teaching is indirect, but it is the core of his comprehensive account of science and man. According to Bacon, the end of science is fully disclosed by political wisdom, and that wisdom shows the perfection of science to reverse the moral superiority of moderation over excess. The full meaning of Bacon's scientific utopia consists in a new stance toward the traditional problems of political philosophy.

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  • Weinberger, J., 1976. "Science and Rule in Bacon's Utopia: An Introduction to the Reading of the New Atlantis," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 70(3), pages 865-885, September.
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