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Francis Bacon, Violence, and the Motion of Liberty: The Aristotelian Background (2014)

Pesic, Peter (Author)

Journal of the History of Ideas
Volume: 75
Pages: 69--90
Publication date: 2014
Language: English

DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2014.0007

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Natural philosophy Philosophy of science Forces Aristotelianism Violence Natural laws Motion (physical) 16th century 17th century Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam

The elucidation of Francis Bacon's new approach to nature calls for constant comparison with Aristotle's terminology, the common starting point for Bacon and his contemporaries. What Bacon called the violence of impediments is only understandable in relation to Aristotle's technical use of the term violence, as distinguished from other common uses of this word. Bacon's impediments do not violate nature but reveal its latent possibilities, for violence starts within nature itself, as a dramatic nexus of conflicting forces whose release results in the motion of liberty. Subtle co-optation of this natural violence can transform and control nature. Keywords Francis Bacon, Aristotle, experiment, violence, nature, Natural Philosophy, Early Modern Science, Carolyn Merchant

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