The Importance of Independent Thinking No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that asa thinker it is her first duty to follow her intellect to whateverconclusions it may Truth gains more even by the errors ofone who with due study and preparation， thinks for himself，than by the true opinions of those who only hold them becausethey do not suffer themselves to No that it is solely， ofchiefly， to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking One the contrary， it is as much or even moreindispensable to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature which they are There have been and many again be great individual thinkers in a general atmosphere of But there never has been， nor ever will be， in that atmosphere an intellectually Where any of heterodox speculation was for a time suspended， where there is a tacitconvention that principles are not to be disputed: where the discussion of the greatest questionswhich can occupy humanity is considered to be closed， we cannot hope to find that generally highscale of mental activity which has made some periods of history so Never whencontroversy avoided the subjects which are large and important enough to kindle enthusiasm wasthe mind of a people stirred up fro9m its foundation and the impulse given which raised evenpersons of the most ordinary intellect to something of the dignity of thinking She who knows only her own side of the case knows little of Her reasons may be food， andno one may have been able to refute But if she s equally unable to refute the reasons of theopposite side; if she does not so much as know what they are， she has no ground for preferringeither The rational position for her would be suspension of judgment， and unless shecontents herself with that， she is either led by authority， or adopts， like the generality of the worldthe side to which she feels the most Nor is it enough that she should heat thearguments of adversaries from her own teachers， presented as they state them， and accompaniedby what they offer as refutations， That is not the way to do justice to the arguments， or bringthem into real contact with her own She must be able to hear them form persons whoactually believe them; who defend them in earnest， and do their very utmost for She mustknow them in their most plausible and persuasive form; she must feel the whole force of thedifficulty which the true view of the subject has to encounter and dispose of; else she will neverreally possess herself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that Ninety-nine ina hundred of what are called educated persons are in this condition; even of those who can arguefluently for their Their conclusion may be true， but it might be false for anything theyknow; they have never thrown themselves into the mental position of those who think differentlyform them and considered what such persons may have to say; and consequently they do not， inany proper sense of the word， know the doctrines which they themselves
写作思路：可以通过举例论证的手法来进行说明，将独立思考的重要性阐述清楚，中心要明确，语言要通顺等等。正文：Learning is the basis of thinking and thinking is the sublimation of Confucius said: "learning without thinking is useless; thinking without learning is "学习是思考的基础，思考是学习的升华。孔子说：“学而不思则罔;思而不学则殆。”It means that if you study book knowledge without thinking， you will not be able to distinguish the true from the false， and you will not be able to understand and apply what you have learned; if you just study hard but don't read 意思是指，如果学习书本知识而不思考，就会不辨真伪，更不能融会贯通，学以致用；如果只是苦思冥想却不认真读书，就会孤陋寡闻，才疏学浅，更不能做到博见约取，标新立异。These two sentences of Confucius illustrate the dialectical relationship between learning and Learning and thinking are two complementary and inseparable thinking activities in the process of acquiring 孔子的这两句话阐明了学习与思考的辩证关系。学习与思考是人们在获取知识过程中，两个相辅相成，密不可分的思维活动。只学习不思考不行，只思考不学习也不行。只有将二者正确地结合起来，才算真正懂得了学习与思考的辩证关系。A new era needs a new Let's learn to think independently and do our bit for the progress of the The new era needs new people with new Let's learn to think independently and build a road to success for 新的时代需要新的声音。让我们学会独立思考，为了时代的进步尽自己的一点绵薄之力。新的时代需要有新思想的新人，让我们学会独立思考，为自己搭建一条通往成功的道路。
In our modern society， the concept of independent thought is fast becoming These days， anyone unsure of what to think about a certain issue can simply go online or turn on the television and a host of bloggers， pundits， and analysts are ready and willing to tell them where they should stand on an important Although the Internet has made sharing one’s opinion much easier， it is also making it increasingly difficult to think for one’s The old fashion way of forming an opinion， by examining the facts and shaping an opinion from them， is under fire from a news media that wants to tell us not only what is happening but how we should feel about the unfolding Now more than ever， the ability to think for one’s self is an important skill and realize the importance of doing The ability to think for one’s self is becoming a lost art Too many people take the easy way out and simply allow the majority to do their thinking for But thinking for one’s self has little to do with always going against the Whether you side with the majority or not is less important than how you decided whom to side As long as you arrive at the conclusion by yourself and don’t allow yourself to be influenced by others， you are making the right Aristotle once said “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting ”
