{"product_id":"the-early-modern-origins-of-timothy-sean-quinn-9781350598515","title":"The Early Modern Origins of Natural and Political Science: Machiavelli, Bacon, and Descartes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough a detailed analysis of the work of 3 key figures in early modern thought - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and René Descartes - Timothy Sean Quinn investigates the roots of modernist attitudes connecting science and politics and what this means for society today. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePutting these seminal thinkers into dialogue, this book explores how modern natural science was shaped by Machiavelli's political theory. In particular, it uncovers the ways in which Bacon and Descartes assimilated Machiavelli's political philosophy, and his rejection of ancient Greek and Christian idealism, into a new concept of nature. Developed in numerous treatises, including Bacon's \u003ci\u003eIdola Mentis \u003c\/i\u003eand Descartes' \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Method\u003c\/i\u003e, this new concept of nature fundamentally reoriented the practice of science and brought new ways to conceive the relationship between science and civil society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond a historical survey, Quinn argues that a return to and questioning of early modern thought is crucial in light of today's societal crises. From the rise of totalitarianism to climate change, progress in the last century has failed on modernity's promise to redeem the human condition. Boldly arguing against the common idea that the roots of today's problems lie in the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, this volume proposes instead that they lie in the origins of natural and political science as put forward by Bacon, Descartes, and at one remove, Machiavelli.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Sean Quinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350598518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350598515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Timothy Sean Quinn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48487461748991,"sku":"9781350598515","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ed6dd07-38be-4cea-ba51-c1e8ca903cc5.jpg?v=1778060602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-early-modern-origins-of-timothy-sean-quinn-9781350598515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}