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New Atlantis - Bacon
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ISBN10: 1604241160
ISBN13: 9781604241167
Publisher: Standard Pubn Inc
Published: Sep 6 2007
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.28 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781604241167
Publisher: Standard Pubn Inc
Published: Sep 6 2007
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.28 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The New Atlantis is a utopian novel written by Francis Bacon in 1626. Bacon depicts in his novel a mythical land, Bensalem, to which he sailed, that was located somewhere off the western coast of the continent of America. He recounts the description by one of its wise men, of its system of experimentation, and of its method of recognition for inventions and inventors. In Bensalem, marriage and family are the basis of society and family ties are celebrated in state-sponsored holidays...
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