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Francis Bacon (1561-1626
弟西斯岩根
Birth: January 22 1561
(York House, Lor on
Death/ April 9, 1624
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BACON
Compliment
培根
界式人物丛卡
1. The wisest, brightest, and
meanest of mankind
2. The most powerful mind of
modern times
3. The guiding spirit in
Colonization Schemes(开拓殖民地
策划)in1610.
ame
FRANCIS BACONBaron Verulam
Ⅴ iscount st Albans
Birth Date 22 January 1560--9 April 1626
and death
Birthplace London, Elizabethan England
Highly political family
Father- Sir Nicholas bacon
Family Mother-Anne
Backgrounds Wife-Alice Barnham, the fourteen-year
old daughter of a well-connected London
alderman
Education At the age of 12-Trininty College,
Cambridge
Cambridge trinity college(1573
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introduction
Francis Bacon(1561-1626) was the founder of Engrish
materialist philos ophy(唯物主义哲学)
He was born into the family of Sir Nicholas Bacon, keeper
of the Privy Seal(p74) to Queen Elizabeth. The boy early
won the favor of the Queen. He went to Cambridge at twelve
and after graduating at sixteen, took up law. He soon
became one of the most successful lawyers of the time. At
twenty-three he became a member of the House of Commons (T
议院) and his judgment and eloquence(口才) made him
important office af ter another until he became lore ed one
famous. When James I came to England, Bacon obtaine
1618. He was an admirable judge, but in the course or Q
Chancellor(大法官) and was made a peer( nobleman)
rising he had made enemies who charged him with bribery
1621. ive years later, he died in disgrace(耻辱
(受贿)。 He was convicted(判罪) deprived(免去)
his off i
fined and banish
ed(流放) from London
Career
1587: Be elected to Parliament
1618: Became lord High chancellor
1620: Won the titles of baron
Verulam and viscount st Albans
1621: Be charged with bribery and
betrayal(出卖) of justice
The list of works
The philosophical works
Advancement of Learning《学术的推进》(1605)
Novum Organum《新工具论》(1620)
New Atlantis《新大西岛》(1624-1626