Alfred Nobel is perhaps best known for being the man behind the Nobel Prize; the highest honor bestowed to men and women for their outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and works of peace.
Yet, before this, Alfred’s success, fame and fortune had come from something much more destructive and far less peaceful. Dynamite. Through business was figuratively and literally booming, fulfillment for Alfred Nobel ultimately came from a place he did not expect.
Alfred had developed an interest in chemistry and volatile explosives at an early age. His curiosity and talent eventually led to the creation of dynamite alongside numerous other inventions.
Throughout the course of his life, Alfred Nobel was issued 355 patents and his business had even gone on to establish more than 90 armaments factories regardless of his pacifistic sensibilities.
In 1888 a local French newspaper erroneously published Alfred’s obituary stating “the merchant of death is dead” going on to say that he had become rich by “finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before.”
Alfred’s heart sank. Were death and destruction his only legacy? He would not have it so. Upon his death, he set aside 94% (nearly 470 million USD) of his assets to establish the five Nobel prizes in hopes that his legacy would be one of building great things instead of destroying them.
In physics, Einstein, Rontgen, and we have some Japanese physicists, and in chemistry, Curie or also we have some Japanese chemist, in physiology or medicine, in Japan Shinya Yamanaka is very famous about IPS cells, in literature a lot of famous authors were awarded like Hemingway, Camus, so on. Farther more Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, or some people who are famous. In economic sciences, I don’t know the person who received this prize.
Are you sometimes influenced by what others think of you?
あなたは時々他の人があなたについてどう思うかに影響を受けますか?
気にはなりますね。他の人の評価について。
たまに、あまり気にしないでいいんじゃないかとも思うんですが、ダメです。
でも、そのことによって自分の考え方や信念を買えることはないようにしようと思っています。
I’m care about others evaluation of me. Sometimes I think it is well not to be care about how other people think about me. But I think I should not be changed my opinions or belief by their opinions.
Do you think that one’s work or business is an accurate reflection of who that person is?
あなたは自分の仕事やビジネスがその人が誰であるかを正確に反映していると思いますか?
それはとても難しい質問ですね。
でも、仕事やビジネスを見ると、その人がどのような考え方なのか?ということはわかると思います。
仕事の質や取り組み方のようなものでも、その人がわかると思います。
It is a really difficult question, I think. The work or business may be accurate reflect what he or she is, I think. By seeing what kind of business he did or how the work it is, we can understand what he is, I think.
As I commented before, I want to leave some legacy to my family. And also I think it will be good for me if I could leave good memories about me to my family.
Hello Ko! Continue to make good progress in your studies, and I see that you’re certainly on track to make the most of this course. Try to go over your notes from time to time, and make sure to use them in practice. Keep moving forward, see you soon!
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