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Roman Roland There is only one kind of heroism in the world, which is a combination of two elements.
There is only one heroism in the world. If you need to combine the context of this famous saying to discuss the world with knowing people and being good at their duties? Do you know the author Roman? Roland's meaning is not difficult to understand. This statement comes from Roman? The preface of the Biography of Michelangelo (1906) written by Roland is generally called "Biographies with Beethoven (1903) and Tolstoy (191kloc-0/)" in China.

First, know the world: Roman? Long-distance radio navigation system

Roman? Roland (1866- 1944) is a famous French thinker, writer, critic and social activist, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature of 19 15. Roman? Born on the eve of Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte's defeat by Prussia, Roland experienced the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, Spanish Civil War and World War II (up to194465438+February) and witnessed the prosperity and decline of the West.

Roman? When Roland was engaged in creation, was the western colonial power the most prosperous? The era of the great development of the second industrial revolution, but this seemingly rationalistic era did not bear rich and beautiful fruits of peace, but brought deeper war and oppression. In this context, western intellectuals generally have a sense of oppression (upgraded to disillusionment after World War I) and regard rationalism as the standard of the past. Doubt and betrayal, irrational emotions dominate literary and artistic creation. This slightly bleak and bizarre work was the mainstream of western literature at that time and was called modernist literature? .

Where's Roman Roland faced the repressed reality and resolutely went retrograde? , choose to fight, call for rationality, and choose heroic events in history as the theme for creation, which was unique at that time. Who is a Roman? Roland's works eulogize the heroes who fought tirelessly against the dim reality.

Second, combined with the context: the preface of the biography of Michelangelo.

Let's quote a famous translator, Mr. Fu Lei.

People should not think that we have found a great man here except many other great men!

We will never say, because a man is too great and the world is not enough for him. Mental boredom is not a sign of greatness. That is, on the whole, a great man is not great without the harmony between life and all things, life and the law of life: this is a weakness. ? Why hide this weakness? Is the weakest person the least worthy of love? ? He is more worthy of love because his need for love is more urgent.

I will never create an unattainable hero model. I hate that cowardly idealism, which only teaches people not to pay attention to the suffering of life and the weakness of the soul. We should say to those who are too easily deceived by dreams and sweet words: a hero's lies are only a sign of cowardice. There is only one kind of heroism in the world: see the true face of the world? Love the world. ? Roman? A brief introduction to Roland's biography of Michelangelo

Fu Lei's translation and true heroism still love life after understanding the essence of life? Slightly different, but the theme is the same.

You can see Roman. Roland's heroism is a combination of two elements? Understand the nature of life? And love life? .

1. Understand the essence of life: refuse to ignore the hypocrisy of suffering.

In Roman? In Roland's era, the essence of life/the true face of the world was set in Phnom Penh? Pain.

But what about Roman? Roland hates that cowardly idealism and only teaches people not to pay attention to the suffering of life and the fragility of the soul? . Think this kind of lie will only create an unattainable hero paradigm? , make people unattainable, thus losing the guiding role. As Lu Xun later wrote, really brave, dare to face the bleak life, dare to face the dripping blood? . The best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Roman? Roland advocates facing suffering directly.

2, love life: based on the present, struggle hard.

Is this sentence a sign of mental boredom, not greatness? The response. In Roman? In Roland's era, the western cultural circle was full of mental boredom, and even there were many suicides. Where's Roman Roland believes that no one's life can be divorced from or beyond his time. People should base themselves on the present, struggle with social reality with human heroism and vitality, and gradually improve the world. So love life? Or love the world? . So, Roman? Roman's words are about true heroism. He can face the bleak life/world, still love life/world, and is willing to make unremitting efforts to improve life/life/world. As for the author's understanding of the nature of life? The author believes that the essence of life needs to be defined by everyone himself, and his own understanding and practice can be formed from his own observation of life.