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弗朗西斯·培根《随笔》· Essays · 领导 · 人性 · 健康 · 财富
Concerning those that are more or less subject to envy: First, persons of eminent virtue, when they are advanced, are less envied. For their fortune seemeth, but due unto them; and no man envieth the payment of a debt, but rewards and liberality rather. Again, envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy; and therefore kings are not envied, but by kings. Nevertheless it is to be noted, that unworthy persons are most envied, at their first coming in, and afterwards overcome it better; whereas contrariwise, persons of worth and merit are most envied, when their fortune continueth long. For by that time, though their virtue be the same, yet it hath not the same lustre; for fresh men grow up that darken it.
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培根认为,嫉妒往往来自比较:越容易被人拿来和自己比的人,越容易被嫉妒。德行卓越的人升迁时反而不太招妒,因为大家觉得那是他应得的,像还债而非施舍。国王不被普通人嫉妒,因为没法比。但要注意:无德之人刚上位时最招妒,之后反而容易过关;有真才实德的人,地位长久后却最招妒,因为时间久了,他的光芒不再新鲜,新人冒出来把他比暗了。所以,想减少嫉妒,不必刻意压住自己,而要理解:嫉妒随比较而来,也随新鲜感消退而变。
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培根《随笔》论嫉妒,17世纪英国,分析嫉妒如何随比较与时间变化。
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你身边有没有因“应得”而少被嫉妒的人?你能从中学到什么?
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