Science, Faith, and Politics: Francis Bacon and the Utopian Roots of the Modern Age : A Commentary on Bacon's Advancement of Learning

by Jerry Weinberger

Jerry Weinberger here seeks to establish Francis Bacon's rightful place among the founders--with Machiavelli and Hobbes--of the modern political tradition, claiming that Bacon's view of the sources of the modern age has great resonance for the problems of our contemporary scientific society.

342 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1985