培根散文隨筆集第11章:Of GreatPlace 論高位 (中英對照)
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11 of greatplace 論高位
men in great place, are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. so as they have no freedom; neither in their persons; nor in their actions; nor in their times. it is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
居高位的人是三重的仆役:君主或國家底仆役;名聲底仆役;事業底仆役。所以他們是沒有自由的,既沒有個人底自由,也沒有行動底自由,也沒有時間底自由。要尋求權力而去掉自由,或尋求凌駕他人的權力而失卻統治自己的權力,這一種欲望是一種可異的欲望。
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