Yeni Atlantis
by:
Francis Bacon (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9786055588076
Publisher: Bordo Siyah Yayınları
Pages no: 100
Edition language: Turkish
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Theology,
Dystopia,
Utopia
I know what you're thinking--"Who is this Philistine that gives a work as important as The New Atlantis only two stars?" But I swear, it's a justifiably low rating! And here's why:Firstly, unfulfilled expectations. In The New Atlantis, Bacon chose to weave his ideas into a piece of fiction, instead ...
I cannot say that I liked it, for Francis Bacon's utopian vision of society is not only ridiculous but also kind of offensive. The New Atlantians, who themselves are (obviously) learned, chaste and sophisticated, consider the Chinese 'foolish', the Africans to be the 'little foul ugly Spirits of For...
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