Francis Bacon was born in the family of a minister in charge of the seal of Queen Elizabeth, which can be said to be a noble family. But he was sickly since childhood, but he loved reading, and it was not the novel we like to read today, but the kind of book with depth. /kloc-He entered Cambridge University in England at the age of 0/2, which can be said to be a genius.

At school, at that time, they all taught theology and scholasticism, but Bacon was tired of them. He became interested in the cultural trend of thought initiated by the Italian Renaissance in Britain and was deeply influenced by humanistic thought.

The core of the so-called "humanism" is that everything should be people-centered. For example, to care for and respect people, Bacon strongly opposed feudalism centered on God. When he was in college, Bacon was determined to transform his traditional academic ambition. Since then, he has been making unremitting efforts to achieve this goal. He only went to college for three years, and then he opened the school high. Because he thinks that studying theology and scholasticism all day is not only a waste of time, but also "harmful".

1576, bacon served as the foreign secretary of the French embassy in Paris. 1579 February, resigned and returned to China due to the death of his father. In order to seek political development, he turned to the Earl of Essex. Soon, as a jurist, he was appointed as the king's adviser. Later, he was elected as a member of the House of Commons, and was promoted to be the Queen's minister in charge of seals and the chief justice of the country.

In the busy government activities, Bacon never forgot his ambition. Whenever there is a gap in his work, he spends his time studying knowledge and writing books. By 1605, he published his first masterpiece, Academic Progress. Then another famous book, New Tools, was published on 1620.

The phrase "knowledge is power" appeared in this "new tool", and he put forward the resounding slogan "knowledge is power". He told people that if we want to control and use nature, we must master scientific knowledge. He believes that "knowledge is a kind of happiness" and "all kinds of mental defects can be cured by seeking knowledge". Later, when Bacon became a judge, he accepted huge bribes from several big companies because he could not stand the temptation. Finally, these things were investigated by a committee appointed by Parliament, and Bacon was found guilty. But because much of the stolen money was given to the king as a gift, the king sheltered Bacon and he was pardoned.

Bacon who was released from prison can only live a poor life. At the beginning of 1626, he tried a method of freezing preservation in the field, but because of the heavy snow at that time, he caught a cold and could not get sick from then on, and died on April 9 of that year. Bacon has made outstanding academic achievements and is known as "the true ancestor of British materialism and the whole modern experimental science".