The Relief of Man’s Estate: A Virtue or Mask of Virtue?

• In Event: Empire, Science, and Rule in the Political Philosophy of Francis Bacon

Brief Overview

This paper examines the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Francis Bacon. It examines how each political philosopher understands the use of modern science to relieve man’s estate, as they debate if it is a virtue or a public simulacrum of virtue.

Author

• Benjamin Isaak Gross, Jacksonville State University