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Defoe and the New Sciences (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought)
Defoe and the New Sciences - Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought
Author: Ilse Vickers
In his long career as a writer Daniel Defoe never tired of advocating the value of personal observation and experience, or his belief in man's God-given duty to explore and make productive use of nature. In this first major study of Bacon's legacy to Defoe, Ilse Vickers shows that the ideas and concepts of Baconian science were a major influence...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521024365
ISBN-10: 0521024366
Publication Date: 3/9/2006
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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