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The greatest man on earth
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There is an old Chinese saying to describe the greatest man on earth as “there are no predecessors before him and there are no successors after.”
It is quite a concept, funny though, from historical, sociological and management perspectives. Shouldn’t the greatest man on earth knows how to learn from the great men of the history and the accumulated knowledge in the society? Now about the successors, maybe to gain an expertise in any field is not an easy task, and the security of one knows more than others gains an edge for him. But shouldn’t the greatest man on earth bore the responsibility of passing his knowledge and wisdom to the next generation and lest not waste his brilliance, so the society can prosper and benefit?
Maybe it is satisfying for a human being to think of himself as “greatest,” but what are the real criteria of being the “greatest” or is the concept of being the “greatest” faulty at the beginning?
You may ponder.