Svetozar Minkov

Francis Bacon's Inquiry Touching Human Nature (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Francis Bacon's "Inquiry Touching Human Nature" is a study of Francis Bacon's moral philosophy in its relation to the enlightenment project he helped launch. Since Bacon is one of the founders of technological modernity, the book presents a meditation on the presuppositions and character of modern life. In its distinctiveness, modern life is characterized by a rejection as well as a reinterpretation of the classical and Christian approaches to life and conceptions of virtue. Svetozar Minkov follows closely Bacon's confrontation with the traditional views on courage, moderation, justice, wisdom, love, and ways of dealing with death and general adversity. Bacon had a comprehensive vision of the human situation. He can help us think through the relation between power and wisdom. And because he saw the costs or dangers of modern life as clearly as he predicted, and helped bring about, its advancements and boons, Bacon is a thinker who addresses directly and deeply our own perplexities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739144831
• Artikelnr.: 38400104

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).

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