弗兰西斯·培根(1561—1626)是英国近代杰出的资产阶级思想家、唯物主义和实验科学的始祖。他出生于伦敦一个新贵族家庭,从青年时代起就热心于科学和哲学的研究。在詹姆士一世时代,他飞黄腾达,成为贵族男爵、子爵,并多年担任宫廷要职。培根一生置身于重大的社会关系,特别注重伦理的研究和应用,力图通过对知识的改造来改进“人类生活中的 Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an accomplished bourgeois thinkers, ancestor of materialism and experimental science in modern England. Born in London as a new aristocratic family, he has been passionate about science and philosophy since his youth. In the era of James I, he flies to the barons of the nobility, Viscount, and for many years served as a court chief. Bacon spent his life in major social relations, with special emphasis on ethical research and application, trying to improve the knowledge through the "human life