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ISSUE 36 the greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries. 511字
提纲:总的来说就是个人和集体都重要,两者互不可分。
In a modern society, there is no denying the fact that whether the greatness of individuals can be decided by those who live after them as well as their contemporaries is a heated debate over a long period of time. According to the speaker, only though the individuals after them can their greatness be decided. Obviously, people will find it is almost impossible to come to the agreement on this highly controversial issue. In the last analysis, I am declined to support the opinion that the contemporaries as well as the people as those who live after them play an equally important role in the decision of the greatness of the individuals. The reasons are listed as follows.
In the first place, obviously, it is the people who live after them that can appraised from a relatively fair view and a wide or broad perspective. Take Galileo for example, when he was first exposed to his new theory-the sun-centered or heliocentric theory, which is absolutely controversial to the theory of Aristotle's which has rooted in the people's mind for centuries, the people and the church at that time can not understand his theory properly, so Church intend to send him in to prison. However, after centuries, the theory is so well known that even a six-year-old child can know it. The example illustrates clearly that in some special period of time, the greatness of individuals can not be decided correctly, because the opinions they held at that time is obviously limited. So though the people who live after them can the people being decided receive a fair and wide evaluation.
In the second place, however, only though the decision of the contemporaries can the individuals who are decided know what he has done in the past, and what he has to do in the future! Epitomize in my experience, as I grow up, there are more and more people around me, including the old, the young, the men and the women, although we are from different backgrounds, diverse culture, and instinct spirit, one thing is certain, that is we can find weakness or faults each other, by which we can amend them and turn better, take a tree as an example, if you want it to turn taller, you have to cut the vice-branches down. The vice-branches here equal to the faults. To conclude, the contemporaries can make the people receive much bigger greatness.
In sum, it is very unlikely that people will never be able to arrive at the same conclusion on this controversial issue, due to their different experiences and conflicting values. Nevertheless, public awareness of the various dimensions of the issue discussed in the above argument will certainly contribute to the thorough understanding of the problem. |
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