Of Great Place
by Francis Bacon
1. What is 'Great Place'?
Ans: “Great Place” refers to higher post in any office.
2. How many times a man in great place is a servant?
Ans: A man in great place is a servant for three times: servant of the sovereign or state; servant of fame; and servant of business.
3. Who is the man in great place servant of?
Ans: The man in great place is servant of the sovereign or state, servant of fame and servant of business.
4. What is a strange desire?
Ans: “To seek power over others and to lose power over a man’s self” is a strange desire.
5. How do men come to dignities?
Ans: Men come to dignities by going through indignities.
6. How does death come to men in high position?/How does a man in high position die?
Ans: A man in high position dies too well known to everybody else but unknown to himself.
7. What is performed on God's theatre?
Ans: Only good and benevolent act is performed on God's theatre.
8. What are the vices of authority, according to Bacon?
Ans: According to Bacon, the vices of authority are delays, corruption, roughness and facility.
9. What is the consequence of downfall from high place?
Ans: According to Bacon, the consequence of downfall from high place is a melancholy thing.
10. Who is Tacitus? [NU 2017]
Ans: Tacitus was a senator and an historian of the Roman Empire.
11. Who was Vespasian?
Ans: Vespasian was the last of the four emperors who governed the Roman Empire in the year 69 CE.
12. How should a man in high place treat colleagues?
Ans: A man in high place should treat his colleagues with respect and let them express their opinion.
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