Francis Bacon

1561–1626

knowledge is power

英国文艺复兴时期    散文家，哲学家

The founder of Engish materialist philosophy and modern science.

main works: Advancement of learning 学术的进展

New Instrument 新工具(归纳法)

归纳法: Inductive Method of Reasoning

演绎法: Deductive Method of Reasoning

Essays

First, collect and study the facts of this great world, then, base your reasoning and conclusion on those facts

Silence is the virtue of fools.

If the imaginative power of literary creation of English Renaissance found their expression in the poetry of spenser and the drama of Shakespeare, the intellectual energy of this age showed itself in the achievement of Francis Bacon.

studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.

读书足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以长才。(王佐良)  傅彩:增添光彩

论画有六法，…四曰随类傅彩。

抽象名词的复数——具体化过程，表行为

王佐良:1.通过文化来学习语言，语言也会学得更好

2.语言之有魅力，风格之值得研究，主要是因为后面有一个大的精神世界;但这两者又必须艺术地融合在一起，因此语言表达力同思想洞察力又是相互促进的。

serve the devil 助纣为虐/为虎作伥

serve two masters 劈腿，墙头草

serve as a foil to sb. 做…的陪衬

三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

When I walk along with two others, they may serve my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.(理雅舍James Legge) 功能对等

子曰 the master said

In a party of three there must be one whom I can learn from. I will pick his merits to emulate them, and find his demerits to amend mine.