Francis Bacon, the Reformer of Alchemy: Alchemic Tradition and Scientific Invention in the Seventeenth Century
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2003.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : Francis Bacon often criticized both the attitude and practice of alchemists. Yet he didn’t reject alchemy, which was the chemistry of his time. Not only did he integrate a few major aspects of Paracelsian thought in his natural philosophy, but he made alchemy one of the sciences which could be improved by applying his new method in a privileged manner. As was the case with quite a few natural philosophers of the seventeenth century, he earnestly tried to develop his own conception of metallic transmutation.
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Francis Bacon often criticized both the attitude and practice of alchemists. Yet he didn’t reject alchemy, which was the chemistry of his time. Not only did he integrate a few major aspects of Paracelsian thought in his natural philosophy, but he made alchemy one of the sciences which could be improved by applying his new method in a privileged manner. As was the case with quite a few natural philosophers of the seventeenth century, he earnestly tried to develop his own conception of metallic transmutation.
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