MACARIA AND THE PURITAN ETHICS OF DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD This paper explores a particular way in which the
Baconian reformation of knowledge can be seen as providing conditions of
possibility for the emergence of Puritan ethics in the mid-seventeenthcentury
England. Macaria, along with other works belonging to the Puritan
literature, shares the concern for moral and cognitive reformation of the
human being, as well as the desire to continue some of the unfinished
projects and writings of Francis Bacon, developing a specific type of ethics,
the Puritan ethics of direct participation in the transformation of the world.
I will show that the Puritan ethics developed in Macaria is a response to the
Baconian “quest for knowledge” and a continuation of Bacon’s
providentialist views on the history of humankind.
MACARIA AND THE PURITAN ETHICS OF DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD.

SOCIETATE ŞI POLITICĂ

Volum 5 | Număr 10 | Publicat la 15/11/2011 | ISSN  1843-1348 | eISSN  2067-7812

Autori:
Oana Matei [1]
[1] “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, Faculty of Humanistic, Political and Administrative Sciences
Rezumat
This paper explores a particular way in which the
Baconian reformation of knowledge can be seen as providing conditions of
possibility for the emergence of Puritan ethics in the mid-seventeenthcentury
England. Macaria, along with other works belonging to the Puritan
literature, shares the concern for moral and cognitive reformation of the
human being, as well as the desire to continue some of the unfinished
projects and writings of Francis Bacon, developing a specific type of ethics,
the Puritan ethics of direct participation in the transformation of the world.
I will show that the Puritan ethics developed in Macaria is a response to the
Baconian “quest for knowledge” and a continuation of Bacon’s
providentialist views on the history of humankind.
Cuvinte cheie:
Macaria, Puritan ethics, reform of knowledge, restoration, direct participation, Francis Bacon
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