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  and Columbus and navigation,
  还有哥伦布及航海学相遇
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  and Luther and the Reformation.
  也会接触到路德及宗教改革
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  And these things all have something in common.
  而这些事件之间存在某些共同点
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  As Robert Hooke wrote,
  正如罗伯特·虎克写到
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  "The seventeenth century" (his age)
  十七世纪(他生长的年代)
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  was an age, of all others, the most inquisitive."
  是所有时代中最具好奇心的时代
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  All these things have to do with people inquiring into
  人们所需做的 就是探索
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  how people know things and finding out new things.
  如何了解万物 并发现新事物
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  And in particular an important figure was Francis Bacon
  一位重要人物就是弗兰西斯·培根和
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  and his Instauration.
  他写的复兴
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  Now you may not know The Instauration so well,
  你们可能不是很了解复兴这本书
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  let's look at that.
  让我们来看看