The New Atlantis

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  • The
  • New
  • Atlantis
  • is
  • a
  • utopian
  • novel
  • by
  • Sir
  • Francis
  • Bacon.
  • In
  • this
  • work,
  • 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
  • splendor,
  • piety
  • and
  • public
  • spirit"
  • are
  • the
  • commonly
  • held
  • qualities
  • of
  • the
  • inhabitants
  • of
  • "Bensalem".
  • The
  • plan
  • and
  • organization
  • of
  • his
  • ideal
  • college,
  • "Salomon's
  • House"
  • envisioned
  • the
  • modern
  • research
  • university
  • in
  • both
  • applied
  • and
  • pure
  • sciences.
  • Many
  • aspects
  • of
  • the
  • society
  • and
  • history
  • of
  • the
  • island
  • are
  • described,
  • such
  • as
  • the
  • christian
  • religion
  • -
  • which
  • is
  • reported
  • to
  • have
  • being
  • born
  • there
  • as
  • a
  • copy
  • of
  • the
  • Bible
  • and
  • a
  • letter
  • from
  • the
  • Apostle
  • Saint
  • Bartholomew
  • arrived
  • there
  • miraculously,
  • a
  • few
  • years
  • after
  • the
  • Ascension
  • of
  • Jesus;
  • a
  • cultural
  • feast
  • in
  • honor
  • of
  • the
  • family
  • institution,
  • called
  • "the
  • Feast
  • of
  • the
  • Family";
  • a
  • college
  • of
  • sages,
  • the
  • Salomon's
  • House,
  • "the
  • very
  • eye
  • of
  • the kingdom".
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