The Infinite Aphorisms of Erasmus and Bacon
Aphorisms occupy a central place in the works of Erasmus and Bacon. Erasmus wanted to construct the total library of antiquity through adages; Bacon’s project was to construct the laboratory of modernity, its progress presented in the propagation of aphorisms. Like Erasmus, Bacon believed that the a...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Erasmus studies
Anno: 2018, Volume: 38, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 171-199 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | KAG Riforma protestante TB Antichità classica VA Filosofia |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Erasmus
Bacon
adages
aphorisms
antiquity
modernity
method
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Riepilogo: | Aphorisms occupy a central place in the works of Erasmus and Bacon. Erasmus wanted to construct the total library of antiquity through adages; Bacon’s project was to construct the laboratory of modernity, its progress presented in the propagation of aphorisms. Like Erasmus, Bacon believed that the aphorism would stir readers to contemplate and inquire further. But unlike Erasmus, Bacon maintains that this process of discovery is accomplished not through endlessly combing through the archives of the ancients but rather by interrogating the book of the world. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | Online-Ressource |
| Comprende: | In: Erasmus studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-03802003 |