...economic development of North America can hardly be told without thinking of it as a story of "enlarging the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Even when Teddy Roosevelt thundered against the land skinners who were destroying the natural resources...

...Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery. knowledge. In his book New Atlantis (1624), Bacon says, "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes,...bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible."12 He is explicit about the possible benefits of science: "We do publish such new profitable...

...technological Utopia ruled by experts ( The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and 185 secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the...empire, to the effecting of all things possible') - are arguably the true ancestors of Marxist 'scientific' socialism as well as of later technocratic...

...for the sole purpose of interpreting nature and of producing great works for the benefit of man: for the "enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible" (71). The systematic use of knowledge and the control of nature through science, Bacon argues, make...

...remarkable work. When the Europeans have an audience with a Father of Solomon's House, they are told: "The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things" (WFB, 3:156). Their investigations produce new artificial metals, which are used for curing diseases,...

...motions to expand the boundaries of human empire and the ability to influence all things. As Bacon said, "The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions: and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible."5 Science...

...and nourishes a scholarly institution known as "Salomon's House." Its main purpose is thus described: "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes,...empire, to the effecting of all things possible." For example: "We have also parks, and inclosures of all sorts, of beasts and birds; which we use not...

...which interpreted nature for "the glory of God and the betterment of mankind." The Elder declares that "the End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes,...bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible."160 Bacon assumes that Solamona's empirical process of interpreting the mysteries of nature...

...Novum Organon and his vivid fable in the New Atlantis, where the Father of Salomon's House explains, "The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes,...bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible."10 Among these, We have also parks and enclosures of all sorts of beasts and birds, which...

...more, seem to provide the potential to make the word 'network' mean something else again. NEW ATLANTIS 'The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes,...the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all tilings possible.' Francis Bacon's (1561—1626) mysterious UTOPIA borrows the ancient name of ATLANTIS...