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A new understanding of Francis Bacon’s art and motivations.
The second in a series of books that seeks to illuminate Francis
Bacon’s art and motivations, and to open up fresh and stimulating ways
of understanding his paintings.
Francis Bacon is one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
His works continue to puzzle and unnerve viewers, raising complex
questions about their meaning. Over recent decades, two theoretical
approaches to Bacon’s work have come to hold sway: firstly, that Bacon
is an existentialist painter, depicting an absurd and godless world;
and secondly, that he is an anti-representational painter, whose
primary aim is to bring his work directly onto the spectator’s ‘nervous
system’.
Francis Bacon: Painting, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis brings together
some of today’s leading philosophers and psychoanalytic critics to go
beyond established readings of Bacon and to open up radically new ways
of thinking about his art. The essays bring Bacon into dialogue with
figures such as Aristotle, Hegel, Freud, Lacan, Adorno and Heidegger,
as well as situating his work in the broader contexts of modernism and
modernity. The result is a timely and thought-provoking collection that
will be essential reading for anyone interested in Bacon, modern art
and contemporary aesthetics.
The most comprehensive collection available in paperback of Bacon's
philosophical and scientific writings, this volume offers Bacon's
major works in their entirety, or in substantive selections,
revised from the classic 19th century editions of Spedding, Ellis,
and Heath. Selections from some of Bacon's natural histories round
out this edition by showing the types of compilations that he
believed would most contribute to the third part of his Great
Instauration. Each work has a separate brief introduction
indicating the major themes developed. In her general Introduction,
Sargent gives a biographical sketch of Bacon's early life,
education, and legal career, discusses the major components of his
philosophical project, and traces his influence on subsequent
natural philosophy. In addition, she looks at the primarily
negative evaluations of Bacon's methodological writings by
philosophers of science in the first half of the twentieth century,
the reassessments of his works that took place as the influence of
logical empiricism declined, and the current revival of interest in
Bacon that coincides with the focus on experimental practice today.
A bibliography and index complete the text.
The Essays (1625) is a collection of writings by Francis Bacon, one
of England's most prominent philosophers and scientists whose work
was central to shaping the ideals of the Renaissance and scientific
revolution. Although Bacon is remembered today as the father of
modern science, this collection contains his thoughts on mostly
moral and civil matters, highlighting his immense skill as a
philosopher and statesman. Filled with references to and quotes
from such biblical and classical sources as Seneca, Epicurus,
Solomon, David, and Caesar-to name only a few-Bacon grounds his
work in the rich continuum of human history, religion, and
philosophy. In "Of Death," he compares the human fear of death to a
child's fear of the dark to argue that it is an essential and
natural aspect of human life. In "Of Revenge," Bacon weighs the
consequences of vindictiveness against the merciful necessity of
forgiveness. In "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature," Bacon
differentiates between the innate goodness of humanity and the
glaring need for the cultivation of goodness as a habit in human
society. These are only some of the subjects Bacon approaches with
his hallmark rational and concise style. Others include the
relationship between parents and children, the nature of
superstition, and the need to privilege utility over style in
homebuilding. Overall, The Essays is both a wide-ranging meditation
on daily and eternal matters of human existence and a fascinating
look at the particulars of life in Renaissance England. Completed
only a year before his death, The Essays is one of Francis Bacon's
most accessible works, as well as a fitting culmination of a life
and career dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. This text
illuminates for us the thoughts and feelings of one of history's
finest intellectuals, a man whose ideas continue to shape our world
and the way we see it over four centuries later. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of The Essays by Francis Bacon is a classic of English literature
and philosophy reimagined for modern readers.
The Essays (1625) is a collection of writings by Francis Bacon, one
of England's most prominent philosophers and scientists whose work
was central to shaping the ideals of the Renaissance and scientific
revolution. Although Bacon is remembered today as the father of
modern science, this collection contains his thoughts on mostly
moral and civil matters, highlighting his immense skill as a
philosopher and statesman. Filled with references to and quotes
from such biblical and classical sources as Seneca, Epicurus,
Solomon, David, and Caesar-to name only a few-Bacon grounds his
work in the rich continuum of human history, religion, and
philosophy. In "Of Death," he compares the human fear of death to a
child's fear of the dark to argue that it is an essential and
natural aspect of human life. In "Of Revenge," Bacon weighs the
consequences of vindictiveness against the merciful necessity of
forgiveness. In "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature," Bacon
differentiates between the innate goodness of humanity and the
glaring need for the cultivation of goodness as a habit in human
society. These are only some of the subjects Bacon approaches with
his hallmark rational and concise style. Others include the
relationship between parents and children, the nature of
superstition, and the need to privilege utility over style in
homebuilding. Overall, The Essays is both a wide-ranging meditation
on daily and eternal matters of human existence and a fascinating
look at the particulars of life in Renaissance England. Completed
only a year before his death, The Essays is one of Francis Bacon's
most accessible works, as well as a fitting culmination of a life
and career dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. This text
illuminates for us the thoughts and feelings of one of history's
finest intellectuals, a man whose ideas continue to shape our world
and the way we see it over four centuries later. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of The Essays by Francis Bacon is a classic of English literature
and philosophy reimagined for modern readers.
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Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The
Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More
introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new
way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to be and what
is. His Utopia is at once a scathing analysis of the shortcomings
of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode
of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism.
Enormously influential, it remains a challenging as well as a
playful text. This edition reprints Ralph Robinson's 1556
translation from More's original Latin together with letters and
illustrations that accompanied early editions of Utopia. Utopia was
only one of many early modern treatments of other worlds. This
edition also includes two other, hitherto less accessible, utopian
narratives. New Atlantis (1627) offers a fictional illustration of
Francis Bacon's visionary ideal of the role that science should
play in the modern society. Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines
(1668), a precursor of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, engages with some
of the sexual, racial, and colonialist anxieties of the end of the
early modern period. Together these texts illustrate the diversity
of the early modern utopian imagination, as well as the different
purposes to which it could be put. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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