【辉太郎杀G大队】7/20业 Issue221 by MC dragonfly

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TOPIC: 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."

Many people are involved in the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people in other time in history. It seems really true when the different living habits and ideology we hold are considered, but further analysis will show that the basic human nature remains the same and this leads to the history’s high value of reference for modern society, which is also the important benefit of the study of history, if not the chief one.

All of us should firstly recognize the basic fact that people living in different period of time are different in living habits and ideology. Few of us share the similar living habits with the men living thousands of years ago because of the great progress in productivity. For example, we are wearing the clothes produced in different style and are eating the food cooked in different ways. The way of thinking has also experience some revolutionary change in the history. The changing attitude towards the women is a vivid example of this. Before the principle that all men are created equal is recognized as a basic truth, most people believe that they should be loyal to their emperors or masters who are so-claimed the aristocracy. This basic fact will make people tend to believe the people in certain period of time are unique.

However, considering the living habits and ideology are deeply associated with the level of human civilization, these differences are largely decided by the outside environment of the certain period of time rather than the difference of human beings themselves. Instead, the basic human nature, which is usually defined as “our desires and motives, as well as our fears and foibles”, remains the constantly unchanged through the history study.

Hence, people in different time of history are not significantly different in deeper sense. History teaches us that our instincts for eating and drinking are seldom changed and our desires for fortune and fame, or said in another nicer way, our motives for a better life, remain the same and continually stimulate us to work hard and creatively or even commit some crimes. Similarly, the demand for some reasonable rights and the greedy for more interests, though two of which are difficult to divide in some time, arouse most of the conflicts and wars all long the human history. The curiosity and the desire for the truth lead the progress in science almost in every period of historical time. We are stilling making similar decision in face of certain situation. In the light of this, the study of history really breaks down the illusion as the topic claimed.

Furthermore, similarity of human of different time in making decision makes the history a good reference for our modern people, which is often considered the basic benefit of the study of history. There is old Chinese saying goes, “History is a mirror, from which we can know the rise and fall of our kingdom.” From the example of the outstanding achievers in our history, such as the…,we will learn the experience of success, or at least it inspires us courage to face the difficulty in our own life. From the mistakes of the passing we will absorb some lessons which is helpful to avoid repeating them. Hence, it is wise for a man to learn some history, just as the Francis Bacon claimed. As the high value of this benefit, it is problematic for the speaker to undervalue this equally important, if not more, benefit.

In summary, although there do exist difference in appearance of people in different period of time, they are similar in the sense of human nature. The speaker’s assertion gets the point in this sense but it is questionable to claim the chief benefit of the history study is breaking down people’s illusion, for there are equally important benefits involved.

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TOPIC: 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."

Many people are involved in the illusion that people in one period of time are significantly different from people in other time in history. It seems really true when the different living habits and ideology we hold are considered, but further analysis will show that the basic human nature remains the same and this leads to the history’s high value of reference for modern society, which is also the important benefit of the study of history, if not the chief one.

All of us should firstly recognize the basic fact that people living in different period of time are different in living habits and ideology. Few of us share the similar living habits with the men living thousands of years ago because of the great progress in productivity. For example, we are wearing the clothes produced in different style and are eating the food cooked in different ways. The way of thinking has also experience some revolutionary change in the history. The changing attitude towards the women is a vivid example of this. Before the principle that all men are created equal is recognized as a basic truth, most people believe that they should be loyal to their emperors or masters who are so-claimed the aristocracy. This basic fact will make people tend to believe the people in certain period of time are unique.

However, considering the living habits and ideology are deeply associated with the level of human civilization, these differences are largely decided by the outside environment of the certain period of time rather than the difference of human beings themselves. Instead, the basic human nature, which is usually defined as “our desires and motives, as well as our fears and foibles”, remains the constantly unchanged through the history study.

Hence, people in different time of history are not significantly different in deeper sense. History teaches us that our instincts for eating and drinking are seldom changed and our desires for fortune and fame, or said in another nicer way, our motives for a better life, remain the same and continually stimulate us to work hard and creatively or even commit some crimes. Similarly, the demand for some reasonable rights and the greedy for more interests, though two of which are difficult to divide in some time, arouse most of the conflicts and wars all long the human history. The curiosity and the desire for the truth lead the progress in science almost in every period of historical time. We are stilling making similar decision in face of certain situation. In the light of this, the study of history really breaks down the illusion as the topic claimed.

Furthermore, similarity of human of different time in making decision makes the history a good reference for our modern people, which is often considered the basic benefit of the study of history. There is old Chinese saying goes, “History is a mirror, from which we can know the rise and fall of our kingdom.” From the example of the outstanding achievers in our history, such as the…, we will learn the experience of success, or at least it inspires us courage to face the difficulty in our own life. From the mistakes of the passing we will absorb some lessons which is (are) helpful to avoid repeating them. Hence, it is wise for a man to learn some history, just as the Francis Bacon claimed. As the high value of this benefit, it is problematic for the speaker to undervalue this equally important, if not more, benefit.

In summary, although there do exist difference in appearance of people in different period of time, they are similar in the sense of human nature. The speaker’s assertion gets the point in this sense but it is questionable to claim the chief benefit of the history study is breaking down people’s illusion, for there are equally important benefits involved.

观点很明晰，结构非常完整。。真的 不好去刻意改动什么。。。要是真的挑出点什么，就是希望把复杂的句子简单化。。。。学习了，发现你的文章和之前很不一样了，大进步。。。可怜我的issue，可能策略有问题，还是原地踏步。。。