首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(1) Our next task is to consider the policies and principles a ruler ought to follow in dealing with his subjects or with his fr
(1) Our next task is to consider the policies and principles a ruler ought to follow in dealing with his subjects or with his fr
admin
2018-06-29
25
问题
(1) Our next task is to consider the policies and principles a ruler ought to follow in dealing with his subjects or with his friends. Since I know many people have written on this subject, I am concerned it may be thought presumptuous for me to write on it as well, especially since what I have to say, as regards this question in particular, will differ greatly from the recommendations of others. But my hope is to write a book that will be useful, at least to those who read it intelligently, and so I thought it sensible to go straight to a discussion of how things are in real life and not waste time with a discussion of an imaginary world. For many authors have constructed imaginary republics and principalities that have never existed in practice and never could; for the gap between how people actually behave and how they ought to behave is so great that anyone who ignores everyday reality in order to live up to an ideal will soon discover he has been taught how to destroy himself, not how to preserve himself. For anyone who wants to act the part of a good man in all circumstances will bring about his own ruin, for those he has to deal with will not all be good. So it is necessary for a ruler, if he wants to hold on to power, to learn how not to be good, and to know when it is and when it is not necessary to use this knowledge.
(2) Let us leave to one side, then, all discussion of imaginary rulers and talk about practical realities. I maintain that all men, when people talk about them, and especially rulers, because they hold positions of authority, are described in terms of qualities that are inextricably linked to censure or to praise. So one man is described as generous, another as a miser; one is called open-handed, another tight-fisted; one man is cruel, another gentle; one untrustworthy, another reliable; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and violent; one sympathetic, another self-important; one promiscuous, another monogamous; one straightforward, another duplicitous; one tough, another easy-going; one serious, another cheerful; one religious, another atheistical; and so on.
(3) Now I know everyone will agree that if a ruler could have all the good qualities I have listed and none of the bad ones, then this would be an excellent state of affairs. But one cannot have all the good qualities, nor always act in a praiseworthy fashion, for we do not live in an ideal world. You have to be canny enough to avoid being thought to have those evil qualities that would make it impossible for you to retain power; as for those that are compatible with holding on to power, you should avoid them if you can; but if you cannot, then you should not worry too much if people say you have them. Above all, do not be upset if you are supposed to have those vices a ruler needs if he is going to stay securely in power, for, if you think about it, you will realize there are some ways of behaving that are supposed to be virtuous, but would lead to your downfall, and others that are supposed to be wicked, but will lead to your welfare and peace of mind.
The word "presumptuous" in the first paragraph probably means______.
选项
A、showing dishonesty
B、showing rebellion
C、showing submission
D、showing disrespect
答案
D
解析
语义题。首段第二句指出,“我知道许多人已就这一主题写过文章,所以我担心再次论及它可能会被人们认为太过‘presumptuous’,尤其是刚好在此问题上我的主张迥异于其他人。”根据句中的因果关系可以看出,就某个主题写与别人观点不同的文章,与诚实不诚实无关,故排除[A];这里作者并没有说挑战权威或传统观点,因此谈不上叛逆,故排除[B];观点与别人的观点相反,故不可能表示服从,因此排除[C];只有“不尊重”符合上下文语境,故[D]为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ybEK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
PassageFourWhat’stheauthor’spurposeofcitingthestatementsofJusticeSoniaSotomayorandMcCrackeninthelastparagrap
PassageThreeWhatkindofrhetoricaldeviceisusedinthestatement"ThereisagroupofAmericansbeingleftbehindastechn
PassageThreeWhatqualitydoesVirginiuslackaccordingtoParagraphThree?
PassageOne
Whenschoolstartseachyear,themostimportantquestiononthemindsofparentsandchildrenis,Whowillbemyteacher?Thec
Morethan2,000yearsago,thephilosopherSocrateswanderedaroundAthensaskingquestions,anapproachtofind【M1】______truth
WillChineseReplaceEnglish?ChineselanguagehasmanyadvantagesoverEuropeanlanguagesandthespeakerthinksChineseispos
FiveVirtuesofStyleI.Correctness—Followcorrectusageofwords,grammarand【T1】_____rules【T1】______—Reasonsa)Ensure【T2
Individualsareincreasinglybeingaskedtotakeonsoleresponsibility—andassumetheburdenofrisk—forcomplexsavingstasks
Negativestressiswhatmostofusthinkofwhenwethinkofstress.Andnegativestressoccurslogicallyenoughinsituationst
随机试题
急性胰腺炎引起血清钙降低的主要原因是()。
国际电工委员会规定,真实声束声强lob对于胎儿为
A、核苷酸在核酸长链上的排列顺序B、tRNA的三叶草结构C、DNA双螺旋结构D、DNA的超螺旋结构E、DNA的核小体结构属于核糖核酸二级结构的描述是
白术石细胞的存在部位是
甲供应商向同一项目中的乙、丙两家专业分包单位供应同一型号材料,两份供货合同对材料质量标准均未约定。乙主张参照其他企业标准,丙主张执行总承包单位关于该类材料的质量标准,甲提出以降低价格为条件,要求执行行业标准,乙、丙表示同意,则该材料质量标准应达到(
某建筑企业于2015年成立,领取了工商营业执照、税务登记证、卫生许可证、商标注册证、房屋产权证、土地使用证各一件,资金账簿记载实收资本850万元、资本公积350万元,新启用其他营业账簿6本。该企业当年发生经济业务如下:(1)2月与某运输企业签订运
信贷规模调控意在控制货币供给的增长,央行可以控制货币供应,但却难以控制私人部门的货币需求,而货币需求的变化可能导致数量型调控政策达不到预期最终目标,美联储自20世纪80年代以来放弃了直接针对货币供应量的调控,就是出于货币需求的变化会对政策效果产生难以预期的
如果在一项租赁中,与资产所有权有关的全部风险或收益实质上已经转移,这种租赁可称为融资租赁,以下情形中,符合融资租赁条件的包括()。
涉案外观设计专利与对比设计的区别属于下列哪些情形时,涉案专利与对比设计实质相同?
中国应在推动建设和谐世界过程中发挥怎样的作用?
最新回复
(
0
)