Svetozar Minkov

Francis Bacon's Inquiry Touching Human Nature

Virtue, Philosophy, and the Relief of Man's Estate

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Produktbeschreibung

Francis Bacon's "Inquiry Touching Human Nature" is an engagement at a fundamental level with the political and philosophic thought of one of the founders of modernity, Francis Bacon. Bacon had a comprehensive vision of the human situation. And because he saw the costs or dangers of modern life as clearly as he predicted its achievements and boons, Bacon is a thinker who addresses directly and deeply our own perplexities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780739144817
• ISBN-10: 0739144812
• Artikelnr.: 29027298

Autorenporträt

Svetozar Minkov is assistant professor of philosophy at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He has also taught at MIT, Kenyon College, and the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Man and His Enemies: Essays on Carl Schmitt (Bialystok University Press), and Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner (Lexington Books). Together with Gabriel Bartlett, he is the translator of Leo Strauss's Hobbes's Critique of Religion (University of Chicago Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction-Bacon's Elusiveness; Argument and Action
Chapter 2 Chapter 1-Bacon's Intention: The Motive for Bacon's Project;
Bacon and the Philosophic Life: Arguments and Doubts
Chapter 3 Chapter 2-Bacon on the Human Good: Passions and Virtues; The
Relation between the Common and the Private Good
Chapter 4 Chapter 3-Bacon on Courage and Wisdom: Why Turn to Early Bacon
and Of Tribute; The Analysis of Fortitude; "Truth" and the Defense of
Philosophy in the Advancement of Learning
Chapter 5 Chapter 4-Bacon on Justice and Death: The Analysis of Justice;
Death, Hope, and Immortality
Chapter 6 Chapter 5-Bacon on Love: The Praise of Love in Of Tribute; The
Status of Love in the New Atlantis; Dionysius, or Desire; The Morality of
Love in the Essays; Cosmological Eros
Chapter 7 Chapter 6-Bacon's Wise Ancients and the Future of His Project:
Sirens, or Pleasures; Orpheus, or Philosophy; The Sphinx, or Science; The
Meaning of Bacon's Project; Conclusion
Chapter 8 Bibliography