Chapter 77 Bacon's Essays

Bacon's Essays British philosopher Francis Bacon, born in 1561, this year (1961) It was the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. The scope of activities and achievements of Bacon in his life are very broad and many.He is a politician, has been a high-ranking official, and He is a jurist, an experimental scientist, an essayist and a philosopher.Although his official position was fulfilled in the United Kingdom at that time, One of the ministers in the ruling cabinet, but what is admired in later generations is his philosophical thought, that is, for A new way of thinking about human society and nature, advocating direct observation of nature, using this as a basis for human knowledge

Basic knowledge, and then engage in political and social reform.He drew up a set of writing plans very ambitiously, It is necessary to criticize and organize all the past thoughts and theories of human beings, and then based on their own philosophical thinking. want to build a new system. He proposed a general title for his set of writing plans, called "The Great Reconstruction", which was once Wrote several parts such as "Progress of Knowledge", "New Method", "Natural History".his this Some of these works were written in Latin, and some were first written in English and then translated into Latin Classics,

In terms of content and book title, it has also been supplemented and changed again and again, because this is exactly the writing atmosphere at that time.if not Those who are particularly interested in the history of philosophical thought, we don't need to ask these questions. For us readers in general, and lovers of literature and art in particular, Bacon particularly interests us, Two things, one is his very well written essays, and the other is the relationship between him and Shakespeare. A strange legend. Bacon, writing articles, liked to use short sentences, aphorisms and aphorisms.His collection of essays is such a short

Little pithy prose.Originally published in 1597, it consisted of only twelve short essays, and was never added. By the time the final edition was published in 1625, there were already fifty-eight essays.The topics are abstract. Talking about honor and reputation, about truth, about friendship, about marriage, etc., but it is very practical, aimed at Concise criticisms and instructions on the British society at that time, very practical and incisive, not just playing with words It is a small book worth chewing.Most of these essays were selected as today's English textbooks, and some Some of them have already been translated into Chinese.

Regarding reading, Bacon once wrote such an aphorism: Some books should only be tried a little, and some books are not good. Some of them should be swallowed whole, while others should be chewed carefully and digested. His own collection of essays can be said to belong to the latter. Bacon died in 1626.The reason for getting sick is because he wanted to experiment with snow in winter to prevent What is the effect of meat rotting, so that it catches cold and gets sick and dies.He can be said to have sacrificed himself for what he himself advocated The spirit of experimental science.