Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey

The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon's theory and practice of natural history and of civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try to show that the obvious differences concerning their subject matter...

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Autor: Manzo, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
Repositorio:Memoria Académica (UNLP-FAHCE)
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.15828/pr.15828.pdf
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
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spelling Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative SurveyManzo, SilviaFilosofíaCausesCivil historyCivil philosophyFrancis BaconHistoriographyMoral philosophyNatural historyNatural philosophyPreceptsThe aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon's theory and practice of natural history and of civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try to show that the obvious differences concerning their subject matter encompass a number of less obvious methodological and philosophical assumptions which reveal a significant practical and con ceptual convergence of the two fields. Causes or axioms are prescribed as the theoretical end-products of natural history, whereas precepts are envisaged as the speculative outcomes derived from perfect civil history. In spite of this difference, causes and precepts are thought to enable effective action in order to change the state of nature and of man, respectively. For that reason a number of common patterns are to be found in Bacon's theory and practice of natural and civil history.Fil: Manzo, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.2012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.15828/pr.15828.pdfEarly Science and Medicine, 17, 32-61. (2012)ISBN 1573-3823reponame:Memoria Académica (UNLP-FAHCE)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educaciónenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/hdl/11336/99812info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1163/157338212X631774info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2024-05-15T11:35:32Zoai:memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar:snrd:Jpr15828instacron:UNLP-FAHCEInstitucionalhttp://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/oaiserver.cgi?verb=Identifymfushimi@fahce.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13412024-05-15 11:35:33.181Memoria Académica (UNLP-FAHCE) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educaciónfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
spellingShingle Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
Manzo, Silvia
Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
title_short Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_full Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_fullStr Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_full_unstemmed Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_sort Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Manzo, Silvia
author Manzo, Silvia
author_facet Manzo, Silvia
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
topic Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
description The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon's theory and practice of natural history and of civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try to show that the obvious differences concerning their subject matter encompass a number of less obvious methodological and philosophical assumptions which reveal a significant practical and con ceptual convergence of the two fields. Causes or axioms are prescribed as the theoretical end-products of natural history, whereas precepts are envisaged as the speculative outcomes derived from perfect civil history. In spite of this difference, causes and precepts are thought to enable effective action in order to change the state of nature and of man, respectively. For that reason a number of common patterns are to be found in Bacon's theory and practice of natural and civil history.
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