The New Atlantis

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  • Journey
  • to
  • the
  • utopian
  • island
  • of
  • Bensalem
  • in
  • this
  • novel
  • by
  • the
  • influential
  • English
  • philosopher
  • and
  • scientist.A
  • group
  • of
  • Europeans
  • leave
  • South
  • America
  • by
  • boat
  • and,
  • after
  • a
  • bout
  • of
  • dangerous
  • weather,
  • find
  • refuge
  • on
  • an
  • island
  • where
  • a
  • society
  • like
  • none
  • other
  • exists.
  • Here,
  • the
  • travelers
  • find
  • themselves
  • welcomed
  • by
  • a
  • people
  • who,
  • thanks
  • to
  • a
  • long-ago
  • miracle,
  • received
  • the
  • message
  • of
  • Christ,
  • and
  • practice
  • the
  • virtues
  • neglected
  • by
  • so
  • many
  • others.
  • They
  • also
  • practice
  • the
  • scientific
  • method
  • (established
  • by
  • Sir
  • Francis
  • Bacon
  • himself
  • in
  • real
  • life),
  • using
  • empirical
  • knowledge
  • for
  • human
  • advancement.This
  • work
  • by
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • geniuses
  • of
  • his
  • time
  • reveals
  • his
  • vision
  • of
  • what
  • our
  • world
  • could
  • be—and
  • makes
  • for
  • a
  • thought-provoking
  • journey
  • for
  • the
  • modern reader.
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