- 名称：培根散文集_The_Essays_of_Francis_Bacon
- 作者：培根-Francis Bacon
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培根散文集_The_Essays_of_Francis_Bacon
- embedthisVoltairewasanatheist.DiderotwasEnlightened.Buttritetitlesseldomencompasscompletelythebeliefsofanyindividual.AndthisonefactiscertainlytruewhendealingwithSirFrancisBacon.TheyoungestsonofSirNicholasBacon,FranciswasborninStrand,London,onJan.22,1561.HewenttoTrinityCollegeatCambridge.HewaselectedtoParliament;hewasQueen'sCounsel;heevenbecameAttorneyGeneralbeforefinallygainingthepositionofLordChancellor.Butasdothecareersofsomanypoliticians,in1621hispoliticalcareerendedindisgrace.Andyet,forallofthis,bothDiderotandVoltaireconsideredhim"thefatherofmodernscience."Othersconsiderhimonlythefatherofthe"scientificmethod."(Thatprocessofcollectingandorganizingdata.)Bacon's"TheEssays,"towhichwenowturnourattention,are--iftheyarenothingelse--adelightfulcollectionindecideddisarray.Thatis,theyseemtotakenotrueprogression.Butanessayisnotmeanttobeatreatise.Andforallthat,theseessaysarestillapleasuretoread.Encompassingabroadfieldofinterest,theirlargessedenotesthebroadlearningofthisbrilliantphilosopher.Itisthereforeoursincerehopethatthereaderwill,themselves,encompasstheseEssays.Moreimportantly,wehopeyouenjoythem.
