Early Modern philosophy

Introduction.The paper brings the analysis of the history of the theory of “civic humanism”. In his early works (1930–1940) H. Baron proposed a new vision of humanistic political philosophy as a republican worldview linked to contemporary political and social life of Italian citystates. This vision gained a wide popularity as well as his monographs of 1950s. At the same time the so-called “Baron thesis” was accepted as a new paradigm of the Renaissance studies and – on the other hand – was exposed to a detailed scrutiny and critics.

Introduction. The paper gives the analysis of the development of Bacon’s views on the problem of the interrelations between science and the state power. Theoretical analysis. The initial period of this development was linked to Bacon’s attempts of obtaining privileged position in the court circles during Elizabethan reign.