Issue36 [Transcend小组]第四次作业 From 荧惑

荧惑UID: 2280559

Issue 36
The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.

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I basically agree that the greatness of individuals can be decided by those who live after, however the speaker ignore that judging one thing with different standard can lead to various greatness of individuals. So in my opinion, the greatness of individual can be decided by the persons in every period with its own standard.

To begin with, some great achievements are only recongized by public after hundred years. There are so many cases suddenly floating in my mind. Van Gogh experienced a whole pathetic lile, but after his death his painting brought record prices at aucions and highly popular by public. Copemicus insisted on heliocentric model against the whole religionary system in his age, but after his death heliocentric model is fully accepted and promotes the revolution of banal society. Martin Luther King fought for the segregation and racial discrimination, even devoted his own life, but after his death his soaring rhetoric calling for racial justice became almost as familiar to subsequent generations of Americans as the Declaration of Independence. All of these great persons, who were not accepted by society in their age, have divine insights and lead their achievement beyond their times. Only those who live after them can realize how great the accomplishments they are.

Besides, some of the greatness of individuals, which were acclaimed in their age but disproved latter, are still respected. Our society is developing constantly. So is our knowledge. For an examle, Aristotle, one of the famous Greek philosophists, once thought everything in the world is made up of four elements. Today we are knowledged that things are formed by atoms and molecules, but in ancient Greek, Aristotle’s theory was popular by public and influenced several centuries. People nowaday also esteem Aritotle’s achievements as well as the people in ancient Greek, because whatever his theory is true or false, it changed the way people thinking and made it own contribution in history. The world is changing, but the respect of great achievements by past does not change.

However, there is still some accomplishment of individuals, which were respected but denied nowaday. In my opinion, these accomplishment is complex, and it is reasonable to be judged as the different value in different period. As for A-bomb, which was considered to be a catalyst to end Second World War, now is accused of a threat of peace. It is hardly to judge the function of A-bomb only taken by one side. It takes positive effect in War, but is considered an extincting weapon in peace period. How to judge the inventors of A-bomb, the peace makers? Or the murders? No one can answer the question. A-bomb plays different role in different period, so as many other cases. One of them, the gene technology, now is restricted to research in some country. People nowadays consider it as a Pandora's box. But no one even the scientists acutally know what is in the box? Perhaps, people will never suffer from disease because of the gene tchnology just several years later. Would the later generations laugh at us nowaday? Who knows? The world is changing, so is the standard to judge accomplishment.

In sum, it is hard to judge those accomplish only by one side. Different standard in different period takes different definition about greatness.

[ 本帖最后由 荧惑 于 2007-3-10 21:42 编辑 ]

荧惑UID: 2280559

改了几段开头句,看看效果好一点了吗??

I basically agree that the greatness of individuals can be decided by those who live after, however the speaker ignore that judging one thing with different standard can lead to various greatness of individuals. So in my opinion, the defination of greatness is various in every period.

I concede that some great achievements are only decided by public after hundred years. The reason for this is simple: value in those cases can not be recongized immediately, but greatly influenced the later society. There are so many such examples in history. Van Gogh experienced a whole pathetic life, but after his death his painting brought record prices at auctions and highly popular by public. Copemicus insisted on heliocentric model against the whole religionary system in his age, but after his death heliocentric model is fully accepted and promotes the revolution of banal society. Martin Luther King fought for the segregation and racial discrimination, even devoted his own life, but after his death his soaring rhetoric calling for racial justice became almost as familiar to subsequent generations of Americans as the Declaration of Independence. All of these great persons, who were not accepted by society in their age, have divine insights and lead their achievement beyond their times. Only those who live after them can realize how great the accomplishments they are.

Besides, some of the greatness of individuals, which were acclaimed in their age but disproved latter, are still respected. Our society is developing constantly. So is our knowledge. For an example, Aristotle, one of the famous Greek philosophists, once thought everything in the world is made up of four elements. Today we are knowledged that things are formed by atoms and molecules, while in ancient Greek, Aristotle’s theory was popular by public and influenced several centuries. People nowadays also esteem Aristotle’s achievements as well as the people in ancient Greek, because whatever his theory is true or false, it changed the way people thinking and made it own contribution in history. The world is changing, but the standard of great achievements in this case does not change.

However, there is still some accomplishment of individuals, which were respected but denied nowadays. In my opinion, this accomplishment is complex, and it is reasonable to be judged as the different value in different period. As for A-bomb, which was considered to be a catalyst to end Second World War, now is accused of a threat of peace. It is hardly to judge the function of A-bomb only taken by one side. It takes positive effect in War, but is considered an extincting weapon in peace period. How to judge the inventors of A-bomb, the peace makers? Or the murders? No one can answer the question. A-bomb plays different role in different period, so as many other cases. One of them, the gene technology, now is restricted to research in some country. People nowadays consider it as a Pandora's box. But no one even the scientists actually know what is in the box? Perhaps, people will never suffer from disease because of the gene technology just several years later. Would the later generations laugh at us nowadays? Who knows? The world is changing, so is the standard to judge accomplishment.

In sum, it is hard to judge those accomplish only by one side. Different standard in different period takes different definition about greatness.

onlyloveUID: 2306786

good examples, good control of language.
瞻仰中～
马上来细看挑刺。

onlyloveUID: 2306786

I basically agree （这个或者fundamentally agree是否chingilish?)that the greatness of individuals can be decided by those who live after, however the speaker ignore that judging one thing with different standard can lead to various greatness of individuals. So in my opinion, the defination of greatness is various in every period. this is not top sentence,建议重写第一段，like this: it is true that很多人的great与否常被后人来重新判定，but it is too hasty to draw such a conclusion that后人就可以对某一个历史人物随便下结论,for不同的年代greatness的定义不同。therefore,it would be better and more objective to 从不同角度用不同标准去看同一个人。

I concede that some great achievements are only decided by public after hundred years.(not good TS) The reason for this is simple(这个本不simple啊，too hasty using this "simple"）: value in those cases can not be recongized immediately, but greatly influenced the later society(后面这句缺乏主语they). There are so many such examples in history. Van Gogh experienced a whole pathetic life, but after his death his painting brought record prices at auctions and highly popular by public. Copemicus(copernicus) insisted on heliocentric model against the whole religionary system in his age, but after his death heliocentric model is fully accepted and promotes the revolution of banal society. Martin Luther King fought for the segregation and racial discrimination, even devoted his own life, but after his death his soaring rhetoric calling for racial justice became almost as familiar to subsequent generations of Americans as the Declaration of Independence. （有排比的味道，不错）All of these great persons, who were not accepted by society in their age, have divine insights and lead their achievement beyond their times. Only those who live after them can realize how great the accomplishments they are(had).

Besides, some of the greatness of individuals, which were acclaimed in their age but disproved latter, are still respected. Our society is developing constantly. So is our knowledge. For an去掉 example, Aristotle, one of the famous Greek philosophists, once thought everything in the world is made up of four elements. Today we are knowledged that things are formed by atoms and molecules, while in ancient Greek, Aristotle’s theory was popular by public and influenced several centuries. People nowadays also esteem Aristotle’s achievements as well as（just like) the people in ancient Greek(did), because whatever(whether) his theory is true or false, it changed the way people thinking(think) and made it(its) own contribution in history. The world is changing, but the standard of great achievements in this case does not change.

However, there is still some accomplishment of individuals, which were respected but denied nowadays. In my opinion, this (kind of) accomplishment is complex, and it is reasonable to be judged as the different value in different period. As for A-bomb, which was considered to be a catalyst to end Second World War, now is accused of a threat of peace. It is hardly to judge the function of A-bomb only taken by one side. It takes positive effect in War, but is considered an extincting weapon in peace period. How to judge the inventors of A-bomb, the peace makers? Or the murders? No one can answer the question. A-bomb plays different role in different period, so as many other cases. One of them, the gene technology, now is restricted to research in some country. People nowadays consider it as a Pandora's box. But no one even the scientists actually know what is in the box? Perhaps, people will never suffer from disease because of the gene technology just several years later. Would the later generations laugh at us nowadays? Who knows? The world is changing, so is the standard to judge accomplishment.

In sum, it is hard to judge those accomplish only by one side. Different standard in different period takes different definition about greatness.
修改过程出了问题，去google一下哥白尼，回来发现改过的痕迹没有了，只好重来，不过缩水了。
sorry for my 吹毛求疵。很多都是一己只见。还是很不错的，楼主加油吧。
这篇改过了你的，我就不打算写了。呵呵～

荧惑UID: 2280559

3x for onlylove~
是不是看完觉得逻辑很混乱啊??
我自己觉得是的啊

onlyloveUID: 2306786

还好吧，我自己逻辑很弱，看不出来:loveliness: