Topic:The chief benefit of the study of history is to break down the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people who lived at any other time in history
Breaking down the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people who lived at any other time in history is the chief benefit of the study of history .That’s wht the speaker mentioned but is unwarranted so that Ihave a strong conflict with him or her
In terms of faith and values modern people differ greatly from peple who lived on the Middle Ages in the West .Today ,the highest expect of chinese people is adcanced into Communist society from Socialist society ,That’s the faith of people who live in Socialist society country Ehile In the Middle Ages in the wst ,people have a highest that as soon as went into Capitalist society,and complished the first industry revolution
In terms of life styles contempary American have almost nothing in common with their puritan ancestors ---the first settlers in the New World first and basis contempary Amriana who lined a convinience life such as they go out by personal car and their car chang every other years ,they wear beautiful clothes which are made of cotton ,silk ,and so on ;they eat not only fresh fruits but also all kinds of food that are good for them just for their health ,However,their purtian ancestors who got out on foot , have no chothes on body just but leavers of all kinds of trees to warm theirselves , and eat only for no hunger and living on, are very surprised with the things that American use . it is unimport what they wear and eat just it is the enviroment they lived are differences in the macroenvironment such as economy ,technology
Even in the same period of time in many ways from people in another culture for example western and eastern ,western people lived with a fast pace while people in eastern lived a stable pace . they live not just for work but also for enjoy . Chinese diet is famouse in the whole world people who live in western have a character of impluse but people who live in eastern have a character of stable and deep
One cannot assume the similaritiesof the enviroment of people living in different opochs . Economical , technological ,social differenceces are all that hostorians need to take into considration first the conditin of today is the fruit that develop from the time before us through three industrious revolution the same to Economical .but we must addmitted that the nature enviroment of today is worse than that of before just because the development of economy
Admittedly, there are invariable ingredients of people in any period of time ,such as genetic consistitution ..Hoever ,these characteristics are little if any help to the study of history .These eternal similarities does not justify the historians thought to all people who are not sidgnificantly different at any other time in history .There are enormouus differences in other crucial aspects which have tight relationship between the unbiased study and objective study of history
The chief benefit of the studyof human civiliazation ,Historian’s aim is not only to unevil the differenced in enviroment but also to unviel differnces in ways people think , behave and treat things Dismissing the differences of history’s constructr—people historians ill also dimis the pivot of their study