The Advancement of LearningPaul Dry Books, 1. mars 2001 - 263 sider Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... tions to modern science or technological progress . By the middle of the twentieth century , however , serious questions arose about the contribution of modern science to genuine human progress . Rather than unambiguous forces for good ...
... tions of modern science for religion , faith , and morality ? Does technol- ogy enhance or disfigure the human soul ? Bacon discussed precisely those matters , which have become humanity's most pressing concerns . While busy with his ...
... tions in the text are very few , and very unimportant . Wherever it was pos- sible , I have followed the edition of 1605 , leaving myself little scope for conjecture . As to the next point , I had the work already done for me , to a ...
... tions , withdraw young men from due reverence to the laws and cus- toms of their country , and that he did profess a dangerous and perni- cious science , which was , to make the worse matter seem the better , and to suppress truth by ...
... tions did smell of the lamp : Indeed ( said Demosthenes ) there is a great difference between the things that you and I do by lamp - light.33 So as no man need doubt that learning will expulse business , but rather it will keep and ...