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Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon
Wherein Different Questions of Rational Philosophy Are Treated
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English
Published/Copyright:
1998
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Although often neglected, An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon is crucial to understand the epistemological basis for Maistre's critique of modern science as well as his criticisms of other aspects of Enlightenment thought. Given Maistre's stature in the history of conservative thought, his critique of Bacon remains significant for what it tells us about Maistre's own thought, what it reveals about attitudes toward science in his time, and what it contributes to issues that are still debated today. The work also showcases Maistre's polemical skills and his powerful prose style. 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. Differences between Maistre's manuscript and the printed text, first published fifteen years after the author's death, are noted, and Maistre's numerous citations have been identified, verified, and translated, making this the only authoritative and fully accurate edition of the work in either French or English.
Author / Editor information
Contributor: Richard A. Lebrun
Richard A. Lebrun is professor emeritus of the University of Manitoba.
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"This new translation will help to moderate the emphasis normally placed upon Maistre's authoritarianism. He anticipated something of the twentieth-century understanding of the active role played by the human mind in the empirical/inductive process utilized in modern science. An Examination of the Philosophy of Bacon reveals Maistre to be a complex thinker, whose focus on the centrality of power, in the tradition of Machiavelli and Hobbes, is balanced against a genuine spiritualism informed by Christian neo-Platonism and the European tradition of humane learning." David Klinck, Department of History, University of Windsor
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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Bibliography
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Biographical Notes on Persons Cited or Mentioned by Joseph de Maistre
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A Note on the Text
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lxiii - Logic and Natural Sciences
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Novum Organum, or New Instrument Induction and Syllogism
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Of Experiment and of the Genius of Discoveries
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Continuation of the same Subject
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Of Essences and of their Definitions
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Cosmology and the System of the World 1
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The Ebb and Flow of the Seas
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Motion
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Natural History and General Physics 1
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Optics - The Progression of Light
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Experiments and Physical Explanations
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Meteorology
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The General Goal of Bacon's Philosophy
139 - Metaphysics
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Of God and Intelligence
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Of the Soul
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Of the Origin of Spontaneous Motion and of Motion in General
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Of the Senses and of the Sensible Principle
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Of Matter and of the Principle of Things
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Final Causes
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The Union of Religion and Science
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Bacon's Religion
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Bacon Judged by his Translator - Conclusion
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Index
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