The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The world of today is full of different fields of human endavours.Each of such fields has its greats which are essentially those people who made a distinction in their respective fields, in the process made a name for themselves. However, most of such greats have been put on the pedastal of greatness by those who have followed or lived after them rather than their contemporaries. Thus the statement, "The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries." holds true in most cases.
Primary reason of the greatness of the distinctive individuals being recognised by their followers rather than contemporaries, is the fact that it takes a long time for the world to realise the full importance of the work of such individuals. By the time, the world becomes aware of the full potential of their work and consequentally regarding them as greats, there lifetime is either already over or they are in the latter stages of their lives. Hence their greatness is decided by those who follow, rather than their contemporaries.
The field of science is one such field where many examples of greats being recognised by their followers rather than contemporaries can be found. Nicolas Copernicus, an early European astrophysist had come to the conclusion that Sun rather than Earth is the centre of the Universe, as opposed to the popular belief held at that time. He published his work secretly due to the fear of regarded as heretic by the Church. However, Copernicus's postulates were proved only after Galileo invented the telescope few centuries later. Thus Copernicus received his due credit only after his death by those who followed him.
Thus we see that the primary reason of distinctive individuals not being regarded as greats by their contemporaries is because the full implications of their contribution does not get realised within their lifetimes. The distinctive individuals or the potential "greats" of any field are those people who have a greater foresight and who go on to explore some yet unexamined areas of their fields. For rest of the world, including contemporaries, it takes a longer time to realise the full significance of their contribution. Once the world realises this significance, the contributer is made a great. However this generally takes one or more generations.
However,there are fields which are exeption to this phenomenon. For example, in fields of sports or performing arts, majority of individuals' talents and contributions are get noticed immediately. The world realises their potential based on their on-stage or on-field performances. Greats in such fields get decided by their contemporaries. Even in fields such as science, if a contribution has immediate impact, the contributer is regarded as great by contemporaries themselves. Summing up, the statementThe greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries." holds true generally but there are exceptions when the contributions of the greats get noticed early.
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Sentence: By the time, the world becomes aware of the full potential of their work and consequentally regarding them as greats, there lifetime is either already over or they are in the latter stages of their lives.
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Sentence: The field of science is one such field where many examples of greats being recognised by their followers rather than contemporaries can be found.
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Sentence: Thus we see that the primary reason of distinctive individuals not being regarded as greats by their contemporaries is because the full implications of their contribution does not get realised within their lifetimes.
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Sentence: The world of today is full of different fields of human endavours.Each of such fields has its greats which are essentially those people who made a distinction in their respective fields, in the process made a name for themselves.
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Sentence: However, most of such greats have been put on the pedastal of greatness by those who have followed or lived after them rather than their contemporaries.
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Sentence: Primary reason of the greatness of the distinctive individuals being recognised by their followers rather than contemporaries, is the fact that it takes a long time for the world to realise the full importance of the work of such individuals.
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Sentence: By the time, the world becomes aware of the full potential of their work and consequentally regarding them as greats, there lifetime is either already over or they are in the latter stages of their lives.
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Sentence: The field of science is one such field where many examples of greats being recognised by their followers rather than contemporaries can be found.
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Sentence: Nicolas Copernicus, an early European astrophysist had come to the conclusion that Sun rather than Earth is the centre of the Universe, as opposed to the popular belief held at that time.
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Sentence: Thus we see that the primary reason of distinctive individuals not being regarded as greats by their contemporaries is because the full implications of their contribution does not get realised within their lifetimes.
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Sentence: For rest of the world, including contemporaries, it takes a longer time to realise the full significance of their contribution.
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Sentence: However,there are fields which are exeption to this phenomenon.
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Sentence: Summing up, the statementThe greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.' holds true generally but there are exceptions when the contributions of the greats get noticed early.
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