Bacon said that knowledge is power, which was quickly recognized by everyone.
Bacon and Locke believe that knowledge comes from experience, which is the origin of empiricism, not empiricism that we think everything is done by experience.
Reading makes a full man, discussion a ready man, and writing an exact man. All this has been proved by experience.
At the same time, another group of people, represented by French Descartes, believe that knowledge is transcendental, which makes what has been stored in the brain. Thinking is the most important behavior and homework of human beings. I think therefore I am (I think therefore I am). This kind of thinking and thinking logic is called transcendentalism.
This is a key link and turning point in the development and exploration of human civilization. Two great thinkers, we only have the obligation to pay high respect to them.
Let's talk about transcendentalism again.
/kloc-After the mid-9th century, the economy of the United States has developed rapidly, but what is inconsistent with it is the issue of morality. Does rapid economic development mean that morality does not exist? Landslide? Problem (complete asshole logic). At that time, a group of intellectuals expressed concern about this and tried to help solve this problem. Among them, Emerson and Thoreau are the most famous and influential.
Their basic view is that modern civilization is the root of all depravity and evil, because it makes us lose ourselves, so we need to maintain or restore ourselves, which is an origin of individualism. Another reason why people become evil and degenerate is that we are getting farther and farther away from nature. Nature has the power to purify the soul; Close to it, the human soul can be continuously purified. It is this view and proposition that gives this ideological trend the name of transcendentalism.
[There is a short story about me learning this word:
When I first saw this word, I just thought it was quite long and difficult to read and remember. I have a hard time remembering spelling.