Francis Bacon on Motion and Power

This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special emphasis on the medical, ethical and political aspects of his thought. It presents an original interpretation focused on the material conditions of nature

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Guido Giglioni James A.T. Lancaster Sorana Corneanu Dana Jalobeanu Editors

Francis Bacon on Motion and Power

Francis Bacon on Motion and Power

INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D’HISTOIRE DES IDÉES

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FRANCIS BACON ON MOTION AND POWER Guido Giglioni, James A.T. Lancaster, Sorana Corneanu, Dana Jalobeanu

Board of Directors: Founding Editors: Paul Dibon† and Richard H. Popkin† Director: Sarah Hutton, University of York, United Kingdom Associate Director: J.C. Laursen, University of California, Riverside, USA Editorial Board: K. Vermeir, Paris; J.R. Maia Neto, Belo Horizonte; M.J.B. Allen, Los Angeles; J.-R. Armogathe, Paris; S. Clucas, London; G. Giglioni, London; P. Harrison, Oxford; J. Henry, Edinburgh; M. Mulsow, Erfurt; G. Paganini, Vercelli; J. Popkin, Lexington; J. Robertson, Cambridge; G.A.J. Rogers, Keele; J.F. Sebastian, Bilbao; A. Thomson, Paris; Th. Verbeek, Utrecht

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Guido Giglioni • James A.T. Lancaster Sorana Corneanu • Dana Jalobeanu Editors

Francis Bacon on Motion and Power

Editors Guido Giglioni Warburg Institute London, UK Sorana Corneanu University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania

James A.T. Lancaster Royal Holloway University of London London, UK Dana Jalobeanu Institute for Research in the Humanities University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania

ISSN 0066-6610 ISSN 2215-0307 (electronic) International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d’histoire des idées ISBN 978-3-319-27639-7 ISBN 978-3-319-27641-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27641-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016937713 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland

Preface

This volume collects some of the papers delivered over the course o