Issue 48

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48. "The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."

历史研究过于关注个人。历史上最有意义的事件和潮流能够成为可能不是因为几个少数的名人而是一些身份早就被淡忘的人群


I strongly agree that, instead of by forgettable groups of people, the most significant events and trends in history were made by by few famous people.although those people, being forgotten by history,who had dedicated in their respective fields, could not be ignored, we should ought to remember the few people who had talents and were able to make signifcant contributions to history.

Today the great man theory is out of favour as a singular explanation for why things happen. Historians look at other factor such as the economic, societal, environmental, and technological which are just as or more significant to historical change. Many historians believe that a history which only follow around a single person or a small group, especially when their significance is determined primarily by political status, is the shallow view of the past, and sometimes such a view exclude the major group of people from being part of study the history. A broader view is provided by a people's history approach. This critique as spread to other field such as literary criticism,in which Stephen Greenblat's New Historicism argues that societies play roles in creating works of art, not just authors.

Admittedly, the most ordinary people is the major maker of history. Nevertheless, should we remember them just out of our pity? To this question, I consider the answer is NO. Without those few people, who is talent, it entirely possible to weaken contributions of the most people.For example, Roentgen, the Germany physician,
was famous for his unexpected discovery of X-rays. I concede that without those scientists who made great contributions to physics, it was impossible for Roentgen to make such an achievement. However, Roentgen had the
talent and was studious enough to make new conclusion on the contributions made by others
but other people did. If others could make same conclusion as Rogentgen did at that moment, they would be placed in history rather than being forgotten by us. Although predecessors’ contributions made Roentgen easier success,it was Roentgen to discover X-rays and thus he was famous of it. The famous few such as Roentgen
has a great talent in science, and this is why he can be famous till now.


What is more, according to the Pareto principle, for many things, the most important parts are about 20%; though the remaining parts are in majority, about 80%, they are less important. The Great Wall in China is a spectacular construction that attracts the most people all around the world. It was built by thousands of people for several years. Although efforts made by those people who have long been forgotten cannot be neglected, but the thought of the First Emperor of Qin is even irreplaceable. Anyone else who is strong and healthy enough can do the same job, and there was a huge manpower during the decade. However, only the First Emperor of Qin had the power to demand a large number of people to build the Great Wall.

To sum up, although those unknown people are the major makers of the history, it is hard to deny that the key of history is the famous few.

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请使用正确发帖格式 否则习作贴将会被锁

至于为什么要按照规定的格式发帖,原因有两个.首先大家在论坛里面找习作可以比较方便,但更重要的一点是大家可以使用搜索功能 Issuexx和Argumentxx方便地找到同样主题的习作,这一点是非常重要的.比如这个就是靠论坛的搜索功能给整理出来的.

以前的标题要求在这里发帖格式扫盲
其中有两个要求 1,标题必须以issue/argument开头; 2,数字之后要有一个空格.
这两个要求是为了当时论坛的排序功能而设定的,现在已经没有必要再保留了.格式只需要满足帖子开头提到的两个条件,即显眼而可以搜索到,那就可以.所以最新的标题格式要求只有这么一个:只需要在标题中出现完整的Issuexx或者Argumentxx.

举几个正确的标题格式例子:

Issue185 我的第一篇
Issue185我的第一篇
Issue185,我的第一篇
(185之后有没有空格都可以)

我的第一篇Issue185
我的第一篇Issue185,留链不忘返
(Issue185可以出现在标题的任何位置,而不一定必须出现在标题开头)


下面是几个错误的标题格式

Issue_185我的第一篇
(错误原因:Issue和185中间不能有除空格外的符号)

I185 我的第一篇
Argu224我的第一篇
(错误原因:Issue和Argument不能缩写)

大家看出来了么?只要想想自己是怎么按照标题搜索习作的,就知道自己的习作标题应该用怎么样的格式了:在标题中出现完整的Issue185或者Argument242(完整的2个条件:1,Issue和Argument未被缩写; 2,Issue/Argument和后面的185或242必须连续.数字是我随便选的).

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