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"Most societies do not take their greatest thinkers seriously, even when they claim to admire them."很多社会并不重视思想家，即使社会宣称很景仰这些思想家。 提纲： 1.society constraints the free air of thinking and studying . 2. society care much about the knowledge and minds applied to practical life,whereas thinkers' thinking are usually hard to understand and be used in the current society. 3.admittedly, more concentration on thinkers is likely to influence thinkers' thinking. 4.above all , society fail to take greatest thinkers seriously.but we should have a faith that one day their thinkings can be carried out in the real life. The most important difference between human beings and other animals is that the formers have thoughts. Owing to the thoughts, human beings have triumphantly evolved from the most primitive animals to the most advanced and sophisticated creatures. With no doubt, the thinkers providing great thoughts have made a great contribution to the advancement of human civilization. But actually, what a pity is that most societies don't take them seriously in most cases. One reason is that the ambivalence between the necessary free air of thinking and the constraints of the society. As we all know, society restricts people's actions in order to better in order to confine them by some rules. The experience of history has proved that the society are greatly developed by people who are forced to do what they need orderly and effeciently.But as a thinker, what he needs most is obviously an free circumstance in which he can try new ideas and let imagination soar without being forbidden or controlled by some social factors.Regretly, the fact most societies do not notice this problem result in the bondage of free air to a large extent. Thinkers become societies 'adjuncts and have to conform different kinds of rules and orders,otherwise will be penalized even to death.In ancient Greece, the great thinker Socrates did not support the Regime system of Athens whose leader only be elected by public voting without giving any consideration of achievementment and ability. And these unpopular views which bring most people's hatred finally lead to Socrates' death. The other reason is that society is apt to abandon thinkers' thoughts which not be applied to current life . It is acknowledged universally to know that the rapid progress of current society ascribes to the knowledge and minds applied to the practical life. Once the thoughts provided by the thinkers go beyond the contemporary society’s allowed using ablity, society will possibly discard their thoughts and not think much of the thinkers temporally.For instance, Confucius,the great thinker in ancient china, had a series of conceptions and method about morality,ethic and the govering of country.But at that period he is in , rulers who put an emphasis on tactics and making new stronger weapons because of continuing war did not cherished his theeory .After several hundred years ,his views just gradually were accepted and influnced most chinese till now. Admittedly, if the society takes these great thinkers too seriously, the thinking process of the thinkers are likely to be influenced by too much attention from the society so that the thinkers have less time than ever before to ponder problems. On the other hand, the fact that the thinker may be surrounded by the fame and wealth supplied by the society due to excessive cares leads to ignoring the great suffer of underclass and the potential crisis of society which are helpful to the formation of thinkers' ideas. Above all, too much constraints to the thinkers and little valuing the long-term meaning of their thoughts are two important aspects showing that most societies fails to take great thinkers seriously . However, the value and meaning of the thinkers during the course of human history absolutely can not be neglected and denied. The reason why their minds can not be accomplished is the society’s inability at present, not the thinkers' faults. And we should have a strong faith that these thinkers' studied fruits will be carried out in the future.
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