<span><span>The relationship between technology, philosophy, and politics is both contentious and vital to our understanding of human nature and the ways human beings interact with one another in society; Francis Bacon outlined the wild potential and great danger of this relationship. </span><span>Francis Bacon's New Atlantis in the Foundation of Modern Political Thought </span><span>explores Bacon’s role as a founder of modern political science and the place of his </span><span>New Atlantis</span><span> in the founding of modern political thought.</span></span>