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Francis Bacon - New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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New Atlantis is an incomplete utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon, published posthumously in 1626. It appeared unheralded and tucked into the back of a longer work of natural history, Sylva sylvarum (forest of materials). In New Atlantis, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. The plan and organisation of his ideal college, Salomon's House (or Solomon's House), envisioned the modern research university in both applied and pure sciences.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Lost civilizations and anomalous archaeology.

  • Lost civilizations and anomalous archaeology

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Atlantis”. Retained metadata contains “Atlantis” in the title, “Atlantis” in the description, “Atlantis” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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