Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Francis Bacon and the Art of Direction 14
6. 2. Cultura and Medicina Animi: An Early Modern Tradition 46
7. 3. Virtuoso Discipline 79
8. 4. Robert Boyle: Experience as Paideia 114
9. 5. John Locke and the Education of the Mind 141
10. 6. Studying Nature 169
11. 7. Studying “God’s Contrivances” 198
12. Conclusion 220
13. Abbreviations 231
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 279
16. Index 301