随着16世纪现代进步观的出现,培根等人宣称人类社会的进步从人类控制和征服自然的能力中分离出来,单独遵循理性探求的科学以及科学知识使之成为可能。这一观念与基督教的宇宙观相一致,认为人的精神独立于自然界而存在,赋予人按自己的意志去作用于自然的权力,从而使人对自然的态度产生了革命。这一分离点标志着许多史学家所谓的现代进步观的开始。 With the advent of the modern progressive concept of the 16th century, Bacon and others claimed that the progress of human society was separated from human control and the ability to conquer nature, making it possible to follow the science of rational exploration and scientific knowledge alone. This concept is consistent with the Christian concept of the universe, believing that the human spirit exists independently of nature and gives the power to act on nature according to its own will, thus leading to a revolution in the attitude toward nature. This point of separation marks the beginning of what many historians call the concept of modern progress.