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题目:ISSUE36 - "The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries."
字数:526 用时:上午 01:46:04 日期:2007-7-20
提纲:
1.不同意题目观点,我的观点是很多人的伟大在他的那个时代即被认可,而不是题中所认为的只能被后人认可;
2.对比牛顿(Newton)和哥白尼(Copernicus), 达芬奇(Da Vinci)和梵高 (Van Gogh),比尔盖茨(Bill Gates)和其他电脑专家,呼应首段观点;
3.就科学领域具体分析牛顿(Newton)和哥白尼(Copernicus)为什么会有不同的命运;
4.就艺术领域具体分析达芬奇(Da Vinci)和梵高 (Van Gogh)为什么会有不同的命运;
5.总结:那些在当代做了巨大贡献,有很大影响的人,在活着的时候就能被认可,而那些观点与权威抵触,或者思想不能被当代的人接受的人,在世的时候是很难得到认可的。
The speaker asserts that a person's greatness can be recognized only by those who live after this person. In my view the speaker unfairly generalizes. There are so many great individuals who were accepted by their contemporaries, but others not.
Newton settled his greatness in his early time, while Copernicus wrote his theory secretly ,and concealed his work until one year before his death; Da Vinci is the most famous artists for his great talent in many aspects, and he was appreciated by the contemporaries, while Van Gogh who was regarded as a gifted painter, until his death, he sold only one of his works; Bill Gates, the organizer of the Microsoft as the one of the greatness men in our society, while many other computer experts and merchants who might be considered as great as Gates in the future, remain unrenowned. The incubation period for greatness varies from case to case.
In the realm of science, why Copernicus was not success in his life time? The theory of heliocentric contradicted to the idea of the powerful authorities-the religion group, and would cause a great change in people's mind especially affecting the benefit of authorities. Therefore, he could only write in a secret place because of the suppression of authorities, and thus his theory could not be reached by the contemporaries. That is the reason why his is unfamous in that era. As Newton, his theory was not contradict to the benefit of upper-class, and had no negative influence on someone's benefit, then his theory become popular and well-knows, the appraisement to him did be justice. From these, we can conclude that people whose contribution can be showed in his era would get a fair evaluation.
When it comes to the arts, it is the same case. In the Renaissance, because of the requirement of religion, many artists had great achievement. The good political environment made them showing their talent enthusiastically. Da Vinci, who was regarded as a genius among the people that time. But Van Gogh, who lived in the end of 19th century, the postimpressionism is not appreciated by the normal people and many critics, so the achievement of him was not accepted by the people that time. Not only for Van Gogh, but also for all the postimpressionists, including his teacher Paul Gauguin. For the advanced concept of painting based on color, this way was too harder to be accepted in that era, thus Van Gogh's failure is understandable. So, we can be informed from these examples: if people's theory or work are useless to the contemporaries, especially whose concepts are too advanced, the destiny that they will not be recognized in his own period is inevitable.
In sum, the speaker overlooks many great individuals whose achievements were broadly recognized as great even during their own time. To those who have made great influence on contemporary people's lives as Bill Gates, the appraisement to him will be great in their life time, but others whose ideas contradict to the authorities or government, and those whose works are too hard to be recognized, they will be difficult to be regarded as great in their own era. |
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