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...
| Published in: | Erasmus studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Erasmus studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance TB Antiquity VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Erasmus
Bacon
adages
aphorisms
antiquity
modernity
method
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | 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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| Contains: | In: Erasmus studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-03802003 |