Bacon's famous quote appears on school class walls for a reason
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1、 Cunning is a cunning and evil intelligence. There is indeed a significant difference between a cunning person and a clever person, not only in honesty but also in talent. The virtue of prosperity is moderation; The virtue of adversity is perseverance. This latter is a greater virtue.
2、 Bacon discussed three ways of understanding nature, namely the ant like, spider like, and bee like methods.
3、 Bacon believed that experimenters were like ants, only able to collect and use materials; Inferiorists are like spiders, weaving webs solely based on their own materials; The above two methods separate experimentation from rationality and are not advisable.
4、 True philosophy should combine the two; Like bees, they collect pollen from flowers and digest it with their own abilities.
5、 Although 'New Tools' carries a lot of metaphysical color, it is indeed a work of epoch-making significance and profound influence.