《自然》周刊近期发表了J.雷诺尔兹的一篇评论科恩·伯纳德的新作《科学与建国之父》的文章,兹译述报道如下: 众所周知,被称为“启蒙世纪”的18世纪的标志是革命:思想的革命及对当时政府的反判。正是在这一时代,旧教条消亡,理性被奉为至上,科学则在沙龙及实验室里获得繁荣。牛顿的定律和洛克的哲学,象美术一样,在当时都占有重要地位。就是在这一时代的血雨腥风中,法兰西粗暴地废黜了 Nature Weekly recently published a review by J. Reynolds. Cohen Bernard’s new book, The Father of Science and Founding Fathers, is hereby read as follows: It is well-known that what is known as the “Age of Enlightenment” 18 The symbol of the century is revolution: the revolution of thought and the antithesis to the government at that time. It was in this era that the old dogma died away, reason was taken as the supremacy, and science prospered in the salon and in the laboratory. Newton’s law and Locke’s philosophy, like art, occupied an important position at that time. It was during the bloody days of this era that France rudely ruined