Bacon's Religio-Scientific Legitimation of Political Rule

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

Brief Overview

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.

Author

• Evan Michael Lowe, University of Texas at Dallas