Francis Bacon's Quasi-Materialism and its Nineteenth-Century Reception (Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx)

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This paper will address the nineteenth-century reception of Bacon as an exponent of materialism in Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx. I will argue that Bacon's philosophy is "quasimaterialist". The materialist components of his philosophy were noticed by de Maistre and Marx, who, in add...

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Autor principal: Manzo, Silvia
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Publicado: 2020
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Filosofía
Francis Bacon
Joseph de Maistre
Karl Marx
Materialism
Empiricism
Nineteenth-century philosophical reception
Francis Bacon's reception
Acceso en línea:https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.15739/pr.15739.pdf
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spelling I19-R125-Jpr157392023-04-26 2020 Manzo, Silvia This paper will address the nineteenth-century reception of Bacon as an exponent of materialism in Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx. I will argue that Bacon's philosophy is "quasimaterialist". The materialist components of his philosophy were noticed by de Maistre and Marx, who, in addition, pointed out a Baconian materialist heritage. Their construction of Bacon's figure as the leader of a materialist lineage ascribed to his philosophy a revolutionary import that was contrary to Bacon's actual leanings. This contrast shows how different the contexts were within which materialism was conceived and valued across the centuries, and how far philosophical and scientific discourses may be transformed by their receptions, to the point that in many cases they could hardly be embraced by the authors of these discourses. Fil: Manzo, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina. application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5840/jems20209215 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Journal of Early Modern Studies 9(2), 109-138. (2020) ISSN 2286-0290 Filosofía Francis Bacon Joseph de Maistre Karl Marx Materialism Empiricism Nineteenth-century philosophical reception Francis Bacon's reception Francis Bacon's Quasi-Materialism and its Nineteenth-Century Reception (Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion https://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas/pr.15739/pr.15739.pdf
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Francis Bacon
Joseph de Maistre
Karl Marx
Materialism
Empiricism
Nineteenth-century philosophical reception
Francis Bacon's reception
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Francis Bacon
Joseph de Maistre
Karl Marx
Materialism
Empiricism
Nineteenth-century philosophical reception
Francis Bacon's reception
Manzo, Silvia
Francis Bacon's Quasi-Materialism and its Nineteenth-Century Reception (Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx)
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Francis Bacon
Joseph de Maistre
Karl Marx
Materialism
Empiricism
Nineteenth-century philosophical reception
Francis Bacon's reception
description This paper will address the nineteenth-century reception of Bacon as an exponent of materialism in Joseph de Maistre and Karl Marx. I will argue that Bacon's philosophy is "quasimaterialist". The materialist components of his philosophy were noticed by de Maistre and Marx, who, in addition, pointed out a Baconian materialist heritage. Their construction of Bacon's figure as the leader of a materialist lineage ascribed to his philosophy a revolutionary import that was contrary to Bacon's actual leanings. This contrast shows how different the contexts were within which materialism was conceived and valued across the centuries, and how far philosophical and scientific discourses may be transformed by their receptions, to the point that in many cases they could hardly be embraced by the authors of these discourses.
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