Instauration first appeared in English in the early 16th century, a product of the Latin verb
instaurare, meaning "to renew or restore." This same source gave us our verb
store, by way of Middle English and Anglo-French. After
instauration broke into English, the philosopher Francis Bacon began writing his
Instauratio Magna, which translates to
The Great Instauration.
This
uncompleted collection of works, which was written in Latin, calls
for a restoration to a state of paradise on earth, but one in which
humankind is enlightened by knowledge and truth.
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