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1、Knowledgeispower.Bacon was born inthefamilyofSirNicholasBacon,keeperofPrivySealtoQueenElizabeth,on January22,1561.HewaseducatedatTrinityCollege,UniversityofCambridge.HewaselectedtotheHouseofCommonsin1584andserveduntil1614.In1613hewasappointedattorneygeneral.In 1616 he became apri
2、vycouncilor,andin1618hewasappointedlordchancellorandraisedtothepeerageasBaronVerulam.1621AcceptbribeLoseallstandingandreputation1626DeadLifeExperienceFrancisBacon(22January1561——9April1626)EnglishphilosopherStatesmanScientistJuristAuthor.Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andfora
3、bility.读书足以怡情,足以博彩,足以长才。ContributionAfamousEnglishphilosopherandstatesman.Hewascalled“fatherofModernScience”.AccordingtoMarx,Baconis“therealfatherofEnglishmaterialismandexperimentalscienceofmoderntimesingeneral”.Bacon’sworksmaybedividedinto3groups:1.TheprofessionalworksMaximsofth
4、eLawReadingontheStatuteofUses2.ThephilosophicalworksTheAdvancementofLearningTheNewInstrument(Inductivemethod)TheAtlantis(thelastbook)3.Theliteraryworks—EssaysEssayThefinaleditionoftheEssayscontained58pieces.Theseessayscoveravarietyofsubjects,suchasstudies,love,friendships,beauty,
5、marriageetc.Manysentencesfromthemhavebecomeoldsayings.Bacon’sessaysarenotedforthefollowingfeatures:●Clearness/directness(content)●Brevity/terseness(diction)●Forceofexpression/parallelstructure(structure)Theirchiefusefordelight,isinprivatenessandretiring;forornament,isindiscourse;
6、andforability,isinthejudgment,anddispositionofbusiness.其怡情也,最见于独处幽居之时;其傅彩也,最见于高谈阔论之中;其长才也,最见于处世判事之际。Tospendtoomuchtimeinstudiesissloth;tousethemtoomuchforornament,isaffectation;tomakejudgmentwhollybytheirrules,isthehumorofascholar.读书费时过多易惰,文采藻饰太盛则矫,全凭条文断事乃学究故态。Historiesmakemenwis
7、e;poetswitty;themathematicssubtitle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.Abeuntstudiainmores.读史使人明智,读诗使人灵秀,数学使人周密,科学使人深刻,伦理学使人庄重,逻辑修辞之学使人善辩:凡有所学,皆成性格。Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretobereadon
8、lyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously