Introduction of Lord Francis Bacon

Lord Francis Bacon, (1561-1626) the father of experimental philosophy, whose father had been Lord Keeper, and himself was a great many years Lord Chancellor under King James I. Nevertheless, amidst the intrigues of a Court, and the affairs of his exalted employment (Because of bribery and extortion he was sentenced by the House of Lords to pay a fine of about four hundred thousand French livres, to lose his peerage and his dignity of Chancellor.), which alone were enough to engross his whole time, he yet found so much leisure for study as to make himself a great philosopher, a good historian, and an elegant writer; and a still more surprising circumstance is that he lived in an age in which the art of writing justly and elegantly was little known, much less true philosophy. Lord Bacon, as is the fate of man, was more esteemed after his death than lifetime. His enemies were in the British Court, and his admirers were foreigners.

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Bacon is considered the founder of the modern scientific era. He was the first philosopher to realize that science and technology could transform the world, and he enthusiastically supported experimental scientific research.

In 1561, Pei Guan was born in London. He was the eldest son of a senior official in Elizabethan England. At the age of 12, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, but left there soon without obtaining a university diploma. He started working at the age of 16 and went to Paris with the British Ambassador to China to work in the embassy for a period of time. When he was 18, his father died and left little money, so Bacon was forced to go to school to study law. Started practicing law at the age of 21. At the age of 23, he was elected as a member of the British House of Commons. Queen Elizabeth proposed a tax increase plan to Parliament, but Bacon expressed his opposition to the proposal. The Queen hated Bacon, and Bacon became Isix's friend and adviser. Isixus was a greedy aristocrat who sympathized with Bacon and decided to launch a coup against Queen Elizabeth. Bacon advised him that he should be loyal to the queen, but Isix refused to listen and the coup failed. Because Bacon played a certain role in the trial and death sentence of Isixus, people from all walks of life were somewhat dissatisfied with Bacon.

When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603, Bacon became an adviser to the successor King James I. Although James I was not bound by Bacon's advice, he liked him very much.

Therefore, during the reign of James I, Bacon rose through the ranks and rose steadily, serving as Lord Privy Seal in 1617, Lord Chancellor in 1618, and viscount in 1620.

Unexpectedly, disaster struck. Bacon was accused of taking bribes. In fact, taking bribes was commonplace at the time and was by no means new. However, Bacon's powerful enemies in Parliament seized this opportunity and drove him out of office. Bacon confessed to taking bribes, was sentenced to prison in the Tower of London, paid a large fine, and was banned from office for life. But the king released him and waived his fine, and Bacon only lost his political life. Bacon commented on the decision of Parliament: "I have been the most impartial judge in England for 50 years, and the sentence passed by Parliament is the most just sentence passed by Parliament in 200 years."

Several of Bacon's works won him recognition. gained reputation. His first work, "Collected Works on Discourses", was published in 1597. This book is written in a spicy commentary style, but it is sparkling and engaging, and has been widely circulated around the world. That is this excellent digest.

One of Bacon’s greatest philosophical works is called The Great Restoration. The work consists of 6 parts. The completed parts are: Preface, "New Tools" (a description of a new logical method), and "Introduction to Natural and Experimental History". The group reflects some of the author's views and different styles. Meditations on Science and Philosophy.

Bacon began writing in 1605, but his unfinished "On the Advancement of Science" is considered to be the greatest work since the time of Aristotle.