New Atlantis
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New Atlantis is a utopian philosophical work by Francis Bacon that depicts an ideal society organized around scientific inquiry and technological progress.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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literary work → utopian philosophical work → |
| aimsTo |
illustrate an ideal scientific commonwealth
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| associatedWith |
empiricism
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scientific revolution → |
| author |
Francis Bacon
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| centralTheme |
institutional support for research
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organization of society around science → relationship between knowledge and power → role of experimentation in knowledge → |
| countryOfOrigin |
England
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| depicts |
ideal society
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| describes |
organized experimental research
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social regulation of technology → systematic collection of natural knowledge → |
| describesPoliticalOrder |
hierarchical but benevolent state
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| featuresInstitution |
Salomon's House
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| firstPublishedIn |
17th century
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| firstPublishedPosthumously |
true
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| focusesOn |
scientific inquiry
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technological progress → |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
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political philosophy → utopian literature → |
| hasCharacterType |
European travelers
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learned officials of Bensalem → |
| hasForm |
unfinished narrative
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| hasMotive |
promotion of experimental philosophy
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| hasReception |
analyzed in political philosophy
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considered a classic of utopian literature → studied in history of science → |
| hasTitle |
New Atlantis
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| influenced |
discussions of scientific institutions
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later utopian literature → |
| influencedBy |
Baconian scientific method
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| literaryForm |
prose narrative
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| philosophicalConcern |
moral governance of science
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use of knowledge for public good → |
| philosophicalTradition |
early modern philosophy
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| portrays |
Salomon's House as a research institution
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| portraysReligionAs |
compatible with scientific inquiry
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| relatedWork |
Novum Organum
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| setIn |
fictional island of Bensalem
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| workOfAuthor |
Francis Bacon
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam → |
notableWork |
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New Atlantis
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hasTitle |