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Bacon弗朗西斯·培根GeneralIntroductionWorksEssaysContributionsFrancisBacon(1561-1626)ArepresentativePhilosopherScientistEssayistLawyerStatesmanLifeTheyoungersonofSirNicholasBacon,theLordKeeperoftheSealofElisabethI.BorninLondonin1561.EducatedinTrinityCollege,Cambridgeat12.Wentabroad,enteredGray’sInntostudylaw.In1584EnteredtheHouseofCommons（下議院）In1587BeselectedtoParliamentIn1618LordHighChancellor（大法官）In1620WonthetitlesofBaronVerulamandViscountStAlbansIn1621Bechargedwithbriberyandbetrayalofjustice.OnApril9,1626Diedofpenumonia

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MaximoftheLaw《格言集》EssaysFeaturesBrevity（簡潔）,compactness（緊密）andpowerfulness.Parallelism（并行論）,epigrams（警句）,metaphorandsimilie.OfstudiesStudiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability.Theirchiefusefordelightisinprivatenessandretiring;forornament,isindiscourse;andforability,isinthejudgmentanddispositionofbusiness.讀書足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以長才。其怡情也，最見于獨處幽居之時；其傅彩也，最見于高談闊論之中；其長才也，最見于處世判事之際。Readingmakethafullman;conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.Andtherefore,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhaveagreatmemory;ifheconferlittle,hehadneedhaveapresentwit:andifhereadlittle,hehadneedhavemuchcunning,toseemtoknowthathedothnot.讀書使人充實，討論使人機智，筆記使人準確。因此不常做筆記者須記憶力特強，不常討論者須天生聰穎，不常讀書者須欺世有術，始能無知而顯有知

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