 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 oldal
...so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their action, nor in their time. . . . The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men...is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse."112... | |
 | Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast - 1992 - 180 oldal
...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"; "Of Great Place," in Bacon, Essays and New Atlantis (New York: Van Nostrand Co., 1942), 42. and systematically,... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 oldal
...to know the ignominy of asking and being refused. "The rising unto place," he would one day write, "is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains;...is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which... | |
 | Austin L. Sorenson - 1994 - 268 oldal
..."the highest power may be lost by misrule." Francis Bacon wrote: "It is a strange desire to seek such power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self." It is possible for a nation to be rich in possessions but poor in spirit. Jesus Christ warned, "Take... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - 1993 - 500 oldal
...and inhumane. The ruling scientists, those "of great place" in Bensalem, are thus "thrice servants"; "they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their actions nor in their times" (Essays, "Of Great Place"). The actual rulers are merely apparent rulers for they are ruled by that... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 oldal
...Independent on Sunday (London, Aprils, 1992). Reply when asked how he had survived so long in power. 3 It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose...over others, and to lose power over a man's self. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Great Place" (1597-1625).... | |
 | Perez Zagorin - 1998 - 318 oldal
...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...is sometimes base; and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse,... | |
 | Charles Richmond, Paul Smith - 1998 - 232 oldal
...tone and character of the maxims which attracted him. 'The Rising unto place', he notes from Essay XI, 'is Laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains;...is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.'1' And he embraces the following notion of self-interest: Wisdom for a man's self, is in... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 oldal
...of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. 717 Essays 'Of Great Place' immortality. 1571 'The Dead' Honour has come back, as a k 718 Essays 'Of Great Place' Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. 719 Essays 'Of Innovations'... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 oldal
...in its proper place 5 keep apart 6 interfere 7 impulse 8 creates freedom; neither in their persons,1 nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a...and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place2 is laborious; and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base;3 and by indignities4... | |
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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... 
