Atlantis
Explore the legend of the lost city with our curated Atlantis reading list. Featuring classic works like Francis Bacon's 'The New Atlantis' and Ignatius Donnelly's groundbreaking study, dive into timeless fiction and social science books on the myth of Atlantis.
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The New Atlantis and The City of the Sun
by Francis Bacon
Two authors from The Age of Reason and Enlightenment, in keeping with the spirit of their times, envisioned their own philosophical and intellectual utopias. Tomasso Campanella, a Calabrian monk, published The City of the Sun in 1623, and Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis appeared in 1627. Campanella was a student of logic and physics who formulated the first scientifically based socialistic system — one that furnished a model for subsequent ideal communities. Bacon focused on politics and philosophy, emphasizing the duty of the state toward science. Despite the authors' differences in setting and treatment, each of these 17th-century classics mirrors the period's prevailing thought, reflecting the idealism of an age and its revolutionary trends in philosophy.
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Fall of Atlantis
by Bradley
Domaris, a disciple of the Temple of Light, falls in love with Micon, a Prince of Atlantis who is washed up on the foreign shore where he incurs the wrath of the Black Robes for returning Domaris' love.
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Atlantis
by Ignatius Donnelly
Examines references in the Bible, Plato, Greek myth and other early legends in an attempt to find evidence to support the historical existence of Atlantis and its inhabitants
