Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, essay writer and scientist. He was born in London and was the son of a prominent statesman under Queen Elizabeth I. He studied in Cambridge University and later was introduced to the royal court. Bacon made some achievements in his political career, but he was mainly remembered as a philosopher. He wrote many important books on philosophy and science, of which The Great Instauration won the attention of scholars both at home and abroad. His essays were famous for their brevity, compactness and powerfulness. He was considered a master of English prose.

弗朗西斯·培根是英國哲學(xué)家、政治家、作家和科學(xué)家。他于1561年1月22日出生在倫敦一個(gè)新貴族家庭，父親是伊麗莎白一世時(shí)期的官員。培根12歲進(jìn)入劍橋大學(xué)。1626年他因病去世，終年65歲。培根的主要成就是在哲學(xué)方面，他的主要著作《偉大的復(fù)興》雖然只完成了前兩部，但是卻有很大的影響。培根在英國文學(xué)史上也占有重要地位，他的作品《散文集》涉及哲學(xué)思想、倫理、處世之道、美的欣賞等，文章見解獨(dú)到，文筆老練，結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，警句層出，常為后人誦讀。他常被稱為是英國的散文大師。