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弗朗西斯·培根:随笔·摘录 66

弗朗西斯·培根《随笔》· Essays · 领导

The vicissitude of mutations in the superior globe, are no fit matter for this present argument. It may be, Plato's great year, if the world should last so long, would have some effect; not in renewing the state of like individuals (for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have), but in gross. Comets, out of question, have likewise power and effect, over the gross and mass of things; but they are rather gazed upon, and waited upon in their journey, than wisely observed in their effects; specially in, their respective effects; that is, what kind of comet, for magnitude, color, version of the beams, placing in the reign of heaven, or lasting, produceth what kind of effects.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/575
定位:Excerpt 66 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

培根认为,天体运行的大变化不适合在这里讨论。他提到柏拉图的大年可能对世界整体有影响,但不会让具体个人重演。彗星对宏观事物有力量,但人们只是观望其行程,没有明智地观察其效果,尤其是不同彗星(大小、颜色、光束方向、位置、持续时间)会产生什么具体影响。他的核心是:别把天象直接套到个人命运上,而应系统记录彗星特征与地面现象,做经验归纳。

上下文

培根《随笔》中的一篇,讨论历史变迁与自然现象的关系,体现其经验主义方法。

今日一问

你是否也曾把偶然天象或事件直接联系到个人命运,而忽略了系统观察?

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