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On the High Position is the tenth article in Bacon's Essays.

Those in high positions should "serve as officials for one term and benefit one party" and do more good deeds, so that the country and the people can benefit from it. In this article, Bacon points out the limitations of being in a high position and gives good advice on how to exercise power. Bacon thinks:

1.Those in high positions are slaves in a threefold sense of the word—slaves of kings and nations, slaves of fame, and slaves of causes. Therefore, they have no freedom in person, in action, and in time.

2.The process of reaching the top is difficult, and some people are scheming and miserable for this place, only to end up with a more difficult end.

3.People in high positions don't know much about themselves, and they don't have time to take care of their physical and mental health. It would be tragic if a person is well-known in the world, but he does not know himself until he dies.

4.Those in high positions should set some example for themselves as officials, and they should also learn from those who are incompetent among their colleagues.

5.Those in high positions should strive to follow a pattern in their behavior so that people can be mentally prepared, but they must not be too rigid.

6.Those in high positions should carefully safeguard their own authority, but do not ask about the issue of authority. Quietly grasp your own rights, instead of shouting and indiscriminately commanding and making demands.

At the same time, for the affairs of subordinates, only do macro guidance, rather than meddle in everything.

7.In the exercise of authority, people should be welcome to offer advice, and those who give advice should not be rejected as troublesome and forgiving, but should be warmly received.

8.If a person's cultivation improves with the increase of status, it means that he is a person of high character.

9.When talking about the former liquid Liangren, we must be cautious in our words, respectful in our attitude, and fair in our evaluation. If you have a partner, you should respect them and summon them when they don't want to, rather than turn them away when they want to see you.

In everyday conversations or in a private capacity, don't think of your high position and put on a bureaucratic look.

"Bacon's Essays" after reading.

Bacon's Essays was written by Francis Bacon, a famous English thinker, statesman, and empiricist philosopher of the 17th century. This book is divided into many essays, such as "On Seeking Knowledge", "On Beauty", "On Goodness", "On Truth", "On Health", "On Family", "On Friendship" and so on.

In On the Quest for Knowledge, Bacon said: "Human nature is like wild flowers and plants, and the quest for knowledge and learning is like pruning and transplanting." It can be seen that the pursuit of knowledge can change people's destiny and is very important in our lives.

In On Friendship, Bacon says, "If you tell happiness to a friend, you will get two pleasures; And if you pour out your sorrow to a friend, you will be divided into half of it. "This shows that friends are an essential role around us and can add color to our lives.

Among these dozens of essays, the one that impressed me the most was "On Beauty".This is a classic work about "beauty", with concise language, profound connotation, and full of philosophy. "Beauty" itself is a very broad issue, and this article focuses on the question of how people should deal with external and internal beauty.

No one in the world is perfect, so don't complain about your external flaws, only inner beauty is eternal beauty. Virtue is more important than beauty, and only by combining the form of beauty with the virtue of beauty can beauty truly shine. There is such a sentence in the text:

The beauty of the form is better than the beauty of the color, and the beauty of grace is better than the beauty of the body. "The body is the overall image of a person, the body shape. Color refers to the facial features, mainly the face, which is local.

The beauty of behavior, which refers to the gestures and demeanor, is acquired, and is the refraction of inner beauty, which is the highest among the three.

Nowadays, there are those who focus only on the beauty of the outside and ignore the inside, and although they are beautiful, they do not deserve praise because of their lack of graceful cultivation. Therefore, a person who is not dressed luxuriously, but is dignified and serious, and has virtue, is awe-inspiring. Therefore, combine the form of beauty with the virtue of beauty.

Only in this way will beauty radiate its true brilliance.