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The New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon

Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Episode • Apr 9, 2022 • 26m

West of Peru there was reported to be a land where Truth and Science were used to promote the happiness and freedom of man. Here is Bacon's description of this ideal commonwealth. (Volume 3, Harvard Classics)

Francis Bacon died April 9, 1629.

 

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