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Bacon's Religio-Scientific Legitimation of Political Rule

Thu, April 16, 3:00 to 4:30pm, TBA

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Bacon confers political legitimacy on the basis of prudent management of a scientific enterprise. To accomplish this, he borrows divine authority and uses the fruits of an active science as the basis for authority rooted in tacit public consent.

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