Reading-makes-a-full-man

Readingmakesafullman“Readingmakesafullman”isasayingofthefamousEnglishphilosopherFrancisBacon.Itmeansthatanyonewhowantstobeafullmanmustkeeponreading.Afullmanmaybedefinedasonewhohasamindfilledwithideas,oronewhoisstockedwithknowledge.Certainlyschooleducationcanfilltheyoungmindswithacertainamountofideasandknowledge.Buttothinkthattheideasandknowledgethustaughtmakeafullmanisamistake.Evidently,noonecansaythatheisafullmanbecauseheisagraduateofamiddleschoolorevenauniversity.Then,cansuchideasandknowledgebeobtaindethrougeexperierce?Indeed,fromexperiencewegetnewideasandknowledge.Buttosupposethatideasandknowledgethusacquiredmakeafullmanisalsoamistake.Acarpenter’sexperienceisdifferentfromasmith’sandasmith’sisdifferentfromabarber’s.Obviously,thestatementthatexperiencecan.Thus,weseethattherealfactorbywhichafullmanismadeincludesnotonlyeducationandexperience,butalsoreading.Byreadingscientificbooks,weareinformedofmanyfacts;byreadinggeography,weknowtheearth’ssurface,forms,physicalfeatures,etcetere;byreadinghistory,wearetoldofthegrowthofthenations.Itisbyreadingthatwecanlearnmanythingswithoutactuallyseeingorhearingthem.Therefore,nomatterhowhighoureducationmaybeorhowmuchexperiencewemayhave,wecannotbecomeafullmanunlesswekeepreading.ReadingmakesafullmanisasayingofthefamousEnglishphilosopherFrancisBacon.Itmeansthatanyonewhowantstobeafullmanmustkeeponreading.Afullmanmaybedefinedasonewhohasamindfilledwithideas,oronewhoisstockedwithknowledge.Certainlyschooleducationcanfilltheyoungmindswithacertainamountofideasandknowledge.Buttothinkthattheideasandknowledgethustaughtmakeafullmanisamistake.Evidently,noonecansaythatheisafullmanbecauseheisagraduateofamiddleschoolorevenauniversity.Thencansuchideasandknowledgebeobtainedthroughexperience?Indeed,fromexperiencewegetnewideasandknowledge.Buttosupposethatideasandknowledgethusacquiredmakeafullmanisalsoamistake.Acarpenter'sexperienceisdifferentfromasmith'sandasmith'sisdifferentfromabarber's.Obviously,thestatementthatexperiencecanmakeafullmandoesnotholdwater,either.Thus,weseethattherealfactorbywhichafullmanismadeincludesnotonlyeducationandexperience,butalsoreading.Byreadingscientificbooks,weareinformedofmanyfacts;byreadinggeography,weknowtheearth'ssurface,forms,physicalfeatures,etc.;byreadinghistory,wearetoldofthegrowthofthenations.Itisbyreadingthatwecanlearnmanythingswithoutactuallyseeingorhearingthem.Therefore,nomatterhowhighoureducationmaybeorhowmuchexperiencewemayhave,wecannotbecomeafullmanunlesswekeepreading.