Bacon explicitly outlined engineering artificial plant and animal species

Evidence

Not only was the manipulation of the environment part of Bacon’s program for the improvement of mankind, but the manipulation of organic life to create artificial species of plants and animals was specifically outlined. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 726

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Bacon converted Eden’s divine punishment into a license for scientific dominion — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 675; Bacon promised that mechanical arts would conquer and subdue nature — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 683; Bacon’s New Atlantis converted scattered utilitarian prefaces into a state program of science — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 715 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Bacon’s utopia authorized the manipulation of living organisms for experimental gain #expands (0.90) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 732