弗朗西斯. 培根(Francis Bacon).ppt

B. Francis Bacon a. 培根的生平： Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) had a fortunate heritage and background. He studied at Cambridge and Gray’s Inn, entered Parliament, and gradually established his reputation. At the height of his career, under King James, he became Lord Keeper and then Lord Chancellor of England. B. Francis Bacon a. 培根的生平： He was later accused of taking bribes in office. After a token imprisonment, Bacon retired in disgrace to his estate of Gornhambry to spend the last five years of his life. B. Francis Bacon b. 培根的主要作品及其内容： Bacon’s works can be divided into three groups. B. Francis Bacon b. 培根的主要作品及其内容： His first group: his philosophical works The Advancement of Learning (1605) Novum Organum (1620). His second group: his literary works Essays, the most famous of them His third group: Maxims of Law The learned Reading upon the Statute of Uses (1642) B. Francis Bacon b. 培根的主要作品及其内容： The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on education. In Book I, Bacon highly praises knowledge, refuting the objections of learning and outlining the problems with which his plan is to deal. The second book is a survey of learning, which explains its importance in scholarship. According Bacon, man’s understanding consists of three parts: history to man’s memory, poetry to man’s imagination and creation, and philosophy to man’s reason. B. Francis Bacon b. 培根的主要作品及其内容： Novum Organum is a successful treatise written in Latin on methodology. It is the most impressive display of Bacon’s intellect. B. Francis Bacon c. 培根《论说文》的特点： brevity, compactness and powerfulness Yet there is an obvious stylistic change in the Essays. B. Francis Bacon d. 对培根的评价： a representative of the Renaissance in England a well-known philosopher, scientist and essayist lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation B. Francis Bacon d. 对培根的评价：