Abstract:

This article argues that Bacon's Essays follow the evolving logic of agrarian capitalism by positing in each individual a stock of capacities that can be induced to expand. The article shows how the successive editions of the book make an initial investment in moral maxims and aphorisms which are then subjected to a process of incremental development and growth. Economic and ethical discourses of improvement function in Bacon's work as overlapping and mutually reinforcing practices, laying the ethical foundations for the "active human subject" of neoliberalism. Key words: Francis Bacon, improvement, fortune, virtue, cultivation, growth, wealth.

摘要：

本文认为，培根的论文遵循了农业资本主义不断发展的逻辑，在每个个体中都积累了可以诱发其扩张的能力。本文说明了本书的后续版本是如何对道德准则和格言进行初步投资的，然后使之经受渐进式发展和增长的过程。在培根的工作中，改进的经济和道德话语具有重叠和相辅相成的作用，为新自由主义的“活跃的人类主体”奠定了道德基础。关键词：弗朗西斯·培根（Francis Bacon），改善，财富，美德，修养，成长，财富。