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“At the end of the days”: Francis Bacon, Daniel 12: 4, and the possibility of science

James D. Fleming

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Francis Bacon took his inspiration from the Bible. Specifically, from the vision of the apocalypse in the book of Daniel. This Bacon interprets via the circumnavigations of the 15th and 16th centuries. The scripture predicts an increase of knowledge in the time of the end. Bacon links his own natural philosophy to this apocalyptic hope. Attacking Renaissance Aristotelianism, he proposes an entirely new science. And yet — as scholars have shown — it is surprisingly close to the old one. The solution to this puzzle lies in the Baconian exegesis of Daniel. The end of the world is the meta-theory for Bacon’s scientific theory.

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History of education

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James D. Fleming

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Fleming, J.D. (2019). “At the end of the days”: Francis Bacon, Daniel 12: 4, and the possibility of science. https://doi.org/10.4000/cahierscfv.635

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Tahun Terbit: 2019
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.4000/cahierscfv.635
Akses: Open Access ✓