What captures this idea best-- the words of Francis Bacon, considered the father of the scientific movement, was a philosopher in 1600s: " "Nature to be commanded must be obeyed."

最准确阐述这种观点的-,是培根的话，他是17世纪时科学运动之父，是一名哲学家：,“号令自然，必须遵守自然“

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Francis Bacon, influenced by Machiavelli, urged human beings to employ their reason to force nature to give up its secrets, to treat nature like a woman, to master nature in order to improve man's material well being.

弗朗西斯·培根受到马基雅弗利的影响,提倡人们运用理性,来让自然原形毕露,像对待女人那样对待自然,去征服自然以提升人类的物质生活

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