FrancisBacon.ppt

Francis Bacon(1561-1626); ;Bacon Time Line; ;Bacon’s achievements; Quotes of Bacon; Some books are to be tasted ,others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others, to be reads, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important argument and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have more cunni3ng, to seem to know that he doth not ,histories make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend . ; 有只须读其部分者，有只须大体涉猎者，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。书亦可请人代读，取其所作??要，但只限题材较次或价值不高者，否则书经提炼犹如水经蒸馏、淡而无味矣。 读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确。因此不常作笔记者须记忆特强，不常讨论者须天生聪颖，不常读书者须欺世有术，始能无知而显有知。读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩：凡有所学，皆成性格。 (王佐良译）;Question:;Reference websites