培根受贿?培根不是“英国唯物主义和整个现代实验科学的真正始祖(马克思语)”吗?是的,培根确确实实是世界思想史上的伟大先哲;但另一方面,培根又确确实实是一个贪官。伟大和渺小、尊荣和卑鄙,如此不协调地集于培根一身,这不能不令人道憾,使人困惑,发人深思。培根晚年曾任英国朝廷的掌玺大臣和大法官,并被封为子爵,在他倍受英王宠幸、权倾朝野、红极一时的时候, Is Bacon Not “The True Patriarch of the British Materialism and the Modern Experimental Science?” Yes, Bacon is indeed the great sage in the world’s history of thought. On the other hand, Bacon does indeed It is a corrupt official. It is regrettable, puzzling and thought-provoking that greatness and smallness, honor and despicableness, so uncoordinated with Bacon. In his later years, Bacon, who served as the chief minister and judge of the British court, was named Viscount. When he was greatly favored by the King,