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Originally Posted by darksyndrem
Hmm that's not exactly what I was thinking of, but it sounds convincing.
My essay does not have a title, it's a personal essay for an application. But the topic is, "Hannah Arendt claims, 'For true greatness, the presence of others is required.' Write an essay about how individual accomplishment depends on some sense of other people."
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well i'd start of by asking,
define greatness (for extra credit
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it "depends on some sense of other people"
does this mean that the question is asking weather or not we can achieve greatness without an "awareness" of those around us?
its quite a philosophical question,
or does the question asks weather we achieve greatness without the imput of others,
greatness of the person implies that there must be those that are not great.
ying yang, no darkness without light.
thus if you are alone, you cannot be great as it is a comparative term used to set men (unisex) apart from others.
but again i think you would need to first quantify this "greatness"
after all, did the first caveman to recieve fire from the titan's not have greatness?
and that was not based on the imput of others,
there must always be a first.
often that first, is given the title of greatness for having the vision to do what was not done before.
but would that first cave man be the best fire starter in the wrold ever,?
probably not,
but then again.
does one have to be the best to be the greatest?
interesting question
