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Issue36"The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries."
Outline:
1. Their works and ideas need long time to verify.
2. Some of their preview and advanced theory could be applied in their times.
3. The greatest man should also be evaluated by peers for assurance their contribution to society and country.
Can each great man only be recognized by those people live after them, as the speaker maintains? However, I just agree with part of it for the fact that great exploits of some individuals could be identified during their life time.
I have to admit that some works of individuals, with far-reaching influence on society, need long time even several generations to test their validity. Every theory's constitution due to scientists take long-term research combined the accumulation of the other’s in his or her life time, whereas the theory probably need longer life time to verify. Scientists have many opinions and idea in their field, as we know, a truth designed only by enduring time experiment which does not like the detailed creation and invention. A famous example showed in my mind, Einstein, a German scientist, the presenter of theory of relativity, which has not full testified until nowadays even some part of it doubted by couples of other researchers. There is another example, Nicolaus Copernicus from Poland family, the inventor of the “Heliocentric theory” had not accepted before he close his eyes. He is a priest during his lifetime, deemed a great scientist by growing time. The success and failure of those theories could only experienced long time fluctuation and challenges because the great individuals' intelligence has transcended the cognition of their peers, meanwhile, they could even not test it with the limited science and technology at that time by themselves. Therefore, the testing work has belonged to the generation living behind them.
However, the statement is on longer available in the realm of invention and creation. The creation work commonly recognized immediately by face value and applicability. Thomas Edison, a great American inventor found out the effective filament experienced thousands of failures and his achievement was affirmed by contemporary. Consider another example England engineer Watt had twice innovated the steam engine, sharply motivated the Industrial Resolution, get approbation instantly at his life time. Another current example the Microsoft founder Bill Gates, his company made human and effective operating systems the Window series under his organization and lead. Even it is now challenged by many new competitors, his firm has being positively availed the social technology advancement As the social development roll going head, more and more accomplishments of great man would be recognized by their peer.
With the benefit of historical great individual, public are enjoying a more effective and convenience life and a better democratic society should be appealed as quickly as possible. Although several men had not corrected evaluated ascribe to limitation of cognition of the masses and technology of the society, others still could not be recognizable during their life time due to prejudice and persecution of authority and religion. Copernious's example reminds me, had been deemed a madman at the beginning of his theory's born. Italian mathematician Galilei has outstanding contribution on current astronomy, howbeit, had not got the honor he deserved before his funeral.
In conclusion, although some great historical man had not deserved the affirmation by their peers, a majority of them such as creator and inventor who made instant effect to society recognized during their life time. To avoid unfairly judgment to our great contemporaries, a more democratic society constitution has strongly been appealed. |
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