Add to ORKGIn presenting self-preservation as the most general law of nature, set at the summit of the structure of the natural world, Francis Bacon characterized the universal appe- tite for self-preservation as an innate instinct which, in the case of living beings, is primarily associated with the emotion of fear. Bacon’s philosophy offers several tech- niques of self-care to manage the fear of accidents of fortune from which the existence and well-being of the self is under constant threat. This article reconstructs Bacon’s treatment of divinatory arts and their contributions to self-care. We will explore how he adopts traditional divinatory arts and reforms them: oneirocritics, physiognomy, and astrology. We will contend that Bacon’s approach to ...
Bacon’s universe is one in which matter is constantly striving to satisfy its appetites. Bodies have...
Throughout his writings, Francis Bacon shows a great interest in the power of the imagination, both ...
This paper establishes the 'emblematic' use of natural history as a propaedeutic to self-betterment ...
In presenting self-preservation as the most general law of nature, set at the summit of the structur...
This chapter focuses on the appetite for self-preservation and its central role in Francis Bacon’s n...
This chapter focuses on the appetite for self-preservation and its central role in Francis Bacon's n...
Bacon’s ideas on motion rested on an appetitive and acquisitive consideration of life in which natur...
This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special ...
Francis Bacon’s works cover a diverse range of spheres, including natural philosophy, experimental s...
This paper shows how Bacon is on the one hand still anchored to the idea of contingency as an intrin...
This study focuses on Roger Bacon’s thought on chance in nature according to his early Questiones su...
The image of man’s dominion over nature is deeply rooted in Western thought. It first appears, in di...
Francis Bacon shared with many vitalists a belief in the radiative nature of bodies. Bacon’s bodies ...
Bacon’s universe is one in which matter is constantly striving to satisfy its appetites. Bodies have...
Throughout his writings, Francis Bacon shows a great interest in the power of the imagination, both ...
This paper establishes the 'emblematic' use of natural history as a propaedeutic to self-betterment ...
In presenting self-preservation as the most general law of nature, set at the summit of the structur...
This chapter focuses on the appetite for self-preservation and its central role in Francis Bacon’s n...
This chapter focuses on the appetite for self-preservation and its central role in Francis Bacon's n...
Bacon’s ideas on motion rested on an appetitive and acquisitive consideration of life in which natur...
This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special ...
Francis Bacon’s works cover a diverse range of spheres, including natural philosophy, experimental s...
This paper shows how Bacon is on the one hand still anchored to the idea of contingency as an intrin...
This study focuses on Roger Bacon’s thought on chance in nature according to his early Questiones su...
The image of man’s dominion over nature is deeply rooted in Western thought. It first appears, in di...
Francis Bacon shared with many vitalists a belief in the radiative nature of bodies. Bacon’s bodies ...
Bacon’s universe is one in which matter is constantly striving to satisfy its appetites. Bodies have...
Throughout his writings, Francis Bacon shows a great interest in the power of the imagination, both ...
This paper establishes the 'emblematic' use of natural history as a propaedeutic to self-betterment ...