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.


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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam
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New Atlantis
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