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8 de abr. de 1998 · An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon is one of Joseph de Maistre's most original and important works. Best known for his defence of throne and altar and for his critique of the political and religious thought of the Enlightenment, Maistre also addressed more fundamental philosophical issues.
An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon (French: Examen de la Philosophie de Bacon) is a posthumous work by Savoyard philosopher Joseph de Maistre, analyzing and criticizing the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
8 de abr. de 1998 · Richard Lebrun's annotated translation includes Maistre's complete text, an extensive introduction that places the work in context and provides a critical exposition and assessment of Maistre's criticisms of Bacon, biographical notes on persons cited or mentioned by Maistre, and a bibliography.
Bacon himself traced for us the plan for an examination of his philosophy; for in the first place he expressed the claim, renewed in our time, to remake the human understanding and to present it with a new instrument‚¹ made to obtain for humankind successes inaccessible by the old method.
An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon is one of Joseph de Maistre's most original and important works. Written between 1814 and 1816, it is a vigorous attack on the materialism and scientism t.
An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon is one of Joseph de Maistre's most original and important works. Best known for his defence of throne and altar and for his critique...
Joseph de Maistre's Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon is of interest for a number of reasons. In the broad context of early nineteenth-century intellectual history, Maistre's critique of empiricism can be seen as part of a wider defence of Christian spiritualism against modern scientific materialism. Sharing something of the perspective of
