我的第一篇issue，也是一个下午才写成的(greatness of individuals)
真诚求拍，鳖了一个下午，还是觉得文字别扭表达生涩。可是自己却不知道到底怎么回事。肯请大家指点一二。/ S+ J0 O* N5 k! P$ q
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36"The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries."( P" B a8 g3 _2 H
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Who decides the greatness of individuals? This is a widely discussed topic with some quite different answers. Since there are various of views and aspects, the answer depends on different definitions of geatness.
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4 i% {: w" p- B& [; m* j6 S5 JMany people define greatness of individuals as agreement of other people. Reputation which means being known and agreed by people in this world is their major goals and purposes. That is why we often equate greatness as well-known, famous, and so on. Then, what kinds of people among them could decide one's greatness? There are two major points: people who lives after them or comtemporaries.5 e# W2 r* H4 a! c# f
' R6 \1 f, Y! N* G& H" O' ?! TI can not agree more that there are many people whose great achievements are approved by people living after them. For instance, invaluable art works and sinificant science conlusions are always hard to be agreed by contemporal people, because they are beyond the understanding ability of contemporaries. However, whenever these achievements are understanded by people, the authors will gain reputaion for their far insight and deep thinking. In addition，their works are thought of greater than that of comtempraries. K5 i7 H, |) }4 Z* F% v' x
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However, the argument above does not mean that achivements that are dicided by people who live after them are greater than that of comtemporaries in all cases. Take hero as an example, we have heard plenty of hero stories that comes out in our real-life. These heros who have achieved kinds of unbelievable tasks deserve the hornable respects of comtemporaries. What is more, their achievements can not be compared with each other and also will be memorized by people who live after them.
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3 P9 n1 a- K1 t4 C% @) XOur fomer discuss have demonstrated that greatness of individuals can be decided both by people who live after them and contemporaries. But there is another answer in my heart. Before telling my answer, I would like to give a question that I had asked the chief president in one of his lectures in my university which seems ridiculous at the first sight: we know that a successful person might be fail someday, a fail person might be successful again, then does it mean that one can not know whether he/she is successful until the day he/she dies? Although the question is related to succeed, it pushes us to think another question that who cares mostly about our achievement? The answer is ourself. It is true that a great work may influence the society so that wins people's agreements, and we are happy that we finish an meaningful works. However, whis is the most valuable agreement is a sound comes from our hearts:GREAT! The sound tells us that we agree ourself. As far as I concerned, even if it might be not the most important one, I think our own agreement is an important people that can decides that whether we are great.
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Have you ever heard a saying that everyone is born with greatness? This saying summaries my main point of the issue. Yes, we are all great. The difference is that differen people have different choices of people who can decide our greatness.
