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The New Atlantis - Francis Bacon
·1 hr 35 min·5 clips
The end of Solomon's House is the knowledge of causes and the enlarging of human empire to effect all things possible.
As heard by us
An austere vision of an ideal commonwealth, with science tied to public good.
Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis reads like a blueprint for an ideal commonwealth, and the piece keeps returning to Bensalem as a model of generosity, dignity, splendor, piety, and civic purpose Bacon wanted for England. Its interest is less in plot than in aspiration.
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Press play if you want a learned fragment about an ideal commonwealth built around knowledge.
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