The Advancement of LearningFrancis 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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... knowledge is , what knowledge is for , and how knowl- edge is to be pursued . That these are not simply academic matters , Bacon makes clear at the very outset of the treatise , since in Book One he addresses those with the most at ...
... knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . " The Advancement of Learning — and its later expanded version in Latin — presents the basic arguments for this radical departure for all human knowledge . In a nutshell , Bacon argues ...
... knowledge and the ultimate reality of nature . Bacon completely rejects the teleological vision of nature , which he thought had not only persisted despite the advent of Christianity , but had in fact been absorbed into Christian ...
... knowledge . He intends to show what is bad and good in existing knowledge , to show what is missing altogether , and to suggest remedies . In presenting this comprehensive picture , Bacon describes the arts and sciences as an or- ganic ...
... knowledge is but remembrance , and that the mind of man by nature knoweth all things , and hath but her own native and origi- nal notions ( which by the strangeness and darkness of this tabernacle of the body are sequestered ) again ...