Reading history makes people wise.

Excerpt from Bacon's On Reading

A complete paragraph is:

History makes people wise; Poet wit; Mathematics is subtle; Natural philosophy is profound; Moral grave; Logic and rhetoric can be argued. Morse's preliminary research.

"Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people witty, mathematics makes people careful, science makes people profound, ethics makes people solemn, and the study of logic and rhetoric makes people able to contend; Everything you learn will become a character. "

Extended data analysis:

1, "Reading history makes people wise, reading poems makes people wise, calculus makes people precise, philosophy makes people profound, morality makes people cultivated, and logical rhetoric makes people eloquent."

"... makes people ..." is a clause, followed by "In short,' knowledge can shape people's character'." This is a conclusion based on analysis.

This method of argument is called inductive argument. At the same time, the rhetorical method of parallelism is also used. This writing strengthens the momentum of discussion, makes people strongly feel the role of knowledge on people, and thus effectively demonstrates the argument.

2. "Knowledge can improve human nature, and experiments can improve knowledge itself. Humanity is like wild flowers and plants, and learning is like pruning and transplanting. "

This passage compares "humanity" to "wild flowers and plants" that have not been artificially cultivated, and compares "knowledge learning" with "pruning and transplanting" of wild flowers and plants. These two metaphors are well matched.

"Wild flowers and plants" can flourish after pruning and transplanting, and "humanity" can be improved and perfected through "knowledge learning". These two metaphors are used to demonstrate the argument that knowledge can improve human nature.

Through metaphorical writing, the more abstract truth is vividly expressed, which is easy for people to perceive and understand.

Hegel said: "Although his works are full of the most wonderful and intelligent remarks, it usually takes little rational effort to understand the wisdom, so his words are often regarded as aphorisms."

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-On Reading