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In New Atlantis, Francis Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. The plan and organisation of his ideal college, Salomon's House (or Solomon's House), envisioned...
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Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis is a utopian novel about a mythical land called Bensalem, where the inhabitants live happily with the sciences. In The New Atlantis, Bacon focuses on the duty of the state toward science, and his projections for state-sponsored research anticipate many advances in medicine and surgery, meteorology, and machinery. Although The New Atlantis is only a part of his plan for an ideal commonwealth, this work does represent...
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"This book follows renowned archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history-including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls caves, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site"--
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Best Selling authors, Stuart Wilson & Joanna Prentis have continued their work and added another piece to the ancient puzzle. Their former works, "The Essenes – Children of the Light" and "The Power of the Magdelene," dealt with Jesus' connections with the Essenes and Mary Magdalene's connection with the women disciples.
Using past life regression, Prentis and Wilson and a mutual friend return to previous lives on the lost continent of Atlantis....
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In a single day and night of misfortune, the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea, Plato, 360 B.C.
Ever since Plato first pondered the existence of Atlantis, the truth behind this infamous sunken city has captured the world. Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds is the most up-to-date and comprehensive investigation of this ancient island, written by the foremost authority on the subject Frank Joseph.
Nowhere else will you find a more...
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In keeping with the inquisitive spirit of their times, two 17th-century writers envisioned their own philosophical and intellectual utopias. Tomasso Campanella, a Calabrian monk, published The City of the Sun in 1623, and Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis appeared in 1627. Campanella was a student of logic and physics; Bacon focused on politics and philosophy. Despite differences in setting and treatment, both authors employed the latest methods of...
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Universal Law is the story of Atlantis, an ancient city that now lies deep beneath the ocean.
In this channeled book with Krishna, you will understand the magic of Atlantis, what caused this city to fall, and see the eerie parallels between our two sinking societies.
The ancient universal laws that supported Atlantis are the same laws we abide by today. This book is an exploration of how what can be so right can ultimately be wrong, and how to create...
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