The great man theory became popular around the 1840's by Thomas Carrlyle and Hubert Spencer made a counter-argument in the 1960's, which remained throughout the 20th century. The theory is called "Great men" but doesn't exactly mean that they all were good and it doesn't exactly mean that they were all men. The Great men theory is mostly focused about the fact of people who created historical events with their own decisions and orders. Hitler is an example of a "Great man". Not in the term that he was a good guy because we all know that that isn't true. He would just be known as a "Great man" due to the fact that he has created a historical event by the orders and promises that he made. He was a main cause of WWII, which was a historical event, which is why he is known as a "Great man". Hubert said "that such great men are the products of their societies, and that their actions would be impossible without the social conditions built before their lifetime." Another example of "Great man" would be Abraham Lincoln. He's a great man in both ways. Him ending slavery and making a historical event. The list of great men goes on and it will continue to grow rather if the person is going to be a good guy or a bad guy.
I asked my dad what he knows about "The Great man theory" at first, he didn't even know what that was so I refreshed his memory a bit by giving him a brief description and an example. My aunt was there as well and she understood what the "great man theory" was and she knew when I used Hitler as an example of a "great man" because I wanted to make sure that I wasn't saying "great man" as like they had to be a hero. My aunt started listing other "great men" even ones I never heard of. There's a huge list of "Great men" and it's just going to keep growing.
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