【培根：培根论真理】论真理培根
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【培根：培根论真理】论真理培根 培根：培根论真理 培根：培根论真理 假如一个人的想法中满是仁爱，顺应天意，走在真理的前沿，即便生 活在人间，也不逊于天堂。 Truth，which only doth judge itself，teacheth that the inquiry of truth， which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth，which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereigngood of human nature. The first creature of God，in the works of the days，was the light of the sense;the last was the light of reason;and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos;then he breathed light into the face of man;and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect mat was otherwise inferior to the rest saith yet excellently well:It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon thevantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded，and where the air is always clear and serene)，and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man“s mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. 真理只能自我判别，教导人们追寻真理，即对真理的追求;对真理的 认知，对真理的信仰，也意味着对真理的享受。这三个要素组成了人性中无比高 尚的美德。感性之光是上帝创造世界时创造的第一件东西，最后创造的才是理性 之光。上帝精神的再现则是安息日。起初，上帝将光明赋予混乱的物质世界，然 后用光明悄然地点亮人类的心灵世界;现在他依然把圣光赐予其所思选的臣民。 有一派哲学在其他方面没有什么实际作用，可其中有一位诗人说了一句经典名 言:依在海岸边，注视着在大海中飘荡的船帆，是一件快乐的事情;靠在城堡垛口， 注视激战中的战场，也是一件快乐的事;但没有什么能赶得上站在真理的前沿(那 是一座谁也无法侵占的山岭，那里空气清爽，万籁寂静)，观察山谷中的错误、 迷茫、薄雾与风暴，那更是叫人欢欣雀跃。并且这种期望的态度是同情，而非自 满或自大。的确，假如一个人的想法中满是仁爱，顺应天意，走在真理的前沿， 即便生活在人间，也不逊于天堂。 To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business: it will be acknowledged even by those that practice it not that clear and round dealing is the honor of man“s nature; and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver,which may make the metal work the better, but it embasethit. For these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne said prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he,If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is as much to say as that he is brave toward God and a coward toward men. For he faces God，and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men;it being foretold that when Christ 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/cb9bd217cad376eeaeaad1f34693daef5ff713c9.html