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    L'Utopia tra scienza e tecnica. Francis Bacon, in C. Quarta ( ed.), Per un Manifesto della nuova Utopia, Mimesis, Milano 2013, pp. 289-306

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    The legend of the sunken city of Atlantis has inspired Francis Bacon this utopian novel. Written in 1626 but published posthumously, the New Atlantis is his thought in narrative form. Francis Bacon said that to drive his ideal state are scientists, people with a practical knowledge that can transform reality. In search of an ideal city and perfect, Bacon assigns to the experimental method the unprecedented task of advancing the whole of humanity towards the good
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