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The New Atlantis: A Utopian Novel
Contributor(s): Bacon, Francis (Author)

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 ISBN: 172239420X     ISBN-13: 9781722394202
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $5.65  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Christian - Collections & Anthologies
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7.01" W x 10" L (0.18 lbs) 36 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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The New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon . New Atlantis is an incomplete utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon, published in 1627. In this work, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. Bacon's literary executor, Dr. Rowley, published "The New Atlantis" in 1627, the year after the author's death. It seems to have been written about 1623, during that period of literary activity which followed Bacon's political fall. None of Bacon's writings gives in short apace so vivid a picture of his tastes and aspirations as this fragment of the plan of an ideal commonwealth. The generosity and enlightenment, the dignity and splendor, the piety and public spirit, of the inhabitants of Bensalem represent the ideal qualities which Bacon the statesman desired rather than hoped to see characteristic of his own country; and in Solomon's House we have Bacon the scientist indulging without restriction his prophetic vision of the future of human knowledge.
 
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