Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a British philosopher, thinker, writer and scientist. He was called "the true ancestor of British materialism and the entire modern experimental science" by Marx. He also put forward many ideas in logic, aesthetics and education. He is the author of "New Tools", "Collection of Essays", etc.

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He tried his best to advocate that "reading history makes people wise; reading poetry makes people smart; mathematics makes people thoughtful; science makes people profound; ethics makes people solemn; logic and rhetoric Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. He advocates science, develops scientific progressive ideas and advocates progressive slogans of knowledge. , has been promoting social progress. This thinker who pursued truth throughout his life was called "the true ancestor of British materialism and the entire modern experimental science" by Marx. He also put forward many ideas in logic, aesthetics and education. He is the author of "New Tools", "Collection of Essays", etc. It contains 58 essays, discussing a wide range of life issues from various angles. It is exquisite and philosophical and has many readers. He is the author of "Academic Progress" (1605) and "New Tools" (1620). Bacon sharply criticized medieval scholasticism and believed that scholasticism and theology seriously hindered the progress of science in Bacon's work "New Tools". He advocated a comprehensive transformation of human knowledge and transformed the entire academic culture from scholasticism. Liberated from philosophy and achieved a great renaissance. He believed that science must pursue the causes and laws of things in nature. To achieve this goal, it must be based on sensory experience. He put forward the principle of materialist empiricism, believing that knowledge and concepts originate from the perceptual world, and sensory experience is the source of all knowledge. To obtain scientific knowledge of nature, we must build our understanding on the basis of sensory experience. He also proposed the empirical induction method, which advocated that based on experiments and observation materials, through analysis, comparison, selection, and elimination, correct conclusions could finally be drawn. "Collected Essays" best reflects Bacon's writing style: beautiful writing, concise language and profound meaning. The articles in this book discuss his many unique and insightful insights into the relationship between man and society, man and himself, and man and nature from various angles, allowing many people to gain edification and guidance from this book. For example: "A person who is not virtuous himself will be jealous when he sees others who are virtuous." "Without friendship, the world is just a wilderness." "The best preventive medicine to protect one's mental health is the advice and advice of friends." "Suspicion in thought is like Bacon's "Collected Essays"

Like bats among birds, they always fly in the dusk. Suspicion makes kings tend to be tyrannical, husbands to be jealous, and wise men to be indecisive and harmonious. Melancholy." "Cunning is a kind of insidious and evil intelligence. There is a big difference between a cunning person and a smart person. This difference is not only in honesty, but also in talent." "In good times. Virtue is temperance; the virtue of adversity is perseverance. This latter is a greater virtue." Bacon made great achievements in learning throughout his life, but as a politician he suffered from the hardships of his official career. After the death of his father, who was the Queen's Keeper of the Royal Seal, he has never been reused by the Queen. It was not until James I came to power that he gradually received promotions. He successively served as president of the court, prosecutor general, minister of the seal, etc., and was also given noble titles such as baronet and viscount. However, he was later dismissed from all official positions. After becoming a commoner, Bacon devoted all his energy to academic research, and he eventually became the famous founder of materialist philosophy in medieval England. Bacon passed away in April 1626.