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In the youth of a state, arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together for a time; in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandize. Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly, his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust. But it is not good to look too long upon these turning wheels of vicissitude, lest we become giddy. As for the philology of them, that is but a circle of tales, and therefore not fit for this writing.
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培根认为国家像人一样有生命周期:青年时武力兴盛,中年时学术兴盛,之后两者并存一段时间,衰老年时机械工艺和商业兴盛。学术也有阶段:婴儿期幼稚,青年期繁茂,壮年期坚实精简,老年期干枯耗尽。但他提醒不要长久盯着这些变迁之轮,以免头晕;关于它们的文献只是循环的故事,不适合写在这里。核心是:国家与学术都有兴衰阶段,但不必过度沉迷宏观循环。
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培根《随笔》中论国家与学术兴衰的一节,带有循环史观色彩。
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你所在的行业处于哪个阶段?你该为下一阶段提前准备什么?
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