ISSUE221八月十三号考望有人能指导一下

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OPIC: ISSUE221 - "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."
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TIME: 00:45:00
DATE: 2009-8-7 14:38:25

Is it meaningful to study the history? Actually it is. A study of the history does break down the illusion that people in different period time are significantly different and also reveal the disparity, while more benefits would be available for the contemporaries to look back.

This is proved by historical events that people are surely different from times. It's doubtless that study concerning the past could help comparison and indicate the difference. Actually, thanks to the improvement of the technology and industry, the world is now changing sharply: the conceptions and values of the society are different from the past. Thus it's not a illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from the others, but to some extent a fact regarding the present situations: after all, the relationship of individuals with families differ from the past when the conception of private had not come into beings whereas the contemporaries place more emphasis on the individuals' independence. Without looking back, we could hardly be aware of the development of the society and the word.

It's also true that people of the past and present are similar in nature, which also follows that everything stays changing whereas also keeps constant. The most substantial characters such as the desire to self-realization and avarice for material interest still determine the inclination of one's attitude while the system of morals or ethics might change.

For that matter, the relationships within society members of the past and present vary, but no one would deny that the desire to communicate and achieve reconcile stays the same. Also the events happened in different period such as wars and conflicts of different days are proved by time that they were originally caused by the greediness of the human beings, even the campaigns provoked by those who claim they are fighting for the truth are motivated by the appetite for interest, which would be warranted after their abdication. The merits and the deficiencies on the humanity are something that could hardly changed, people would never be more vicious or kinder in substance, which has been convinced by the study of history.

However, it's not only the consciousness that people of various days share many characters but also provide meaningful recommend and guidance that the study of the past help. It's somehow useless to seek for accurate answers to the history textbooks, while the methods to find them hardly changed despite the methodology is evolving. After all, the objective keep same in substance, thus the principle would not change. For the field of science, the basic skills for experiment, the ideas to deal with the contradiction between the theories and data, still keep same when time flees; as for the fields of politics, the principle that trust decides maintain indispensable. The most traditional methods sometimes the most significantly effect, thus a study into the past would also provide inspiration for the people in mire.

In conclusion, the study of past not only indicate the similarities of human nature, but also reveal the development of the world, and also provide immense methods to find solutions to the present society.