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great man theory
- A theory of history that sees it as driven by the actions of powerful individuals or those with natural-born greatness.
2024 August 31, John Naughton, “Can you judge the tech bros by their bookshelves?”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:The number of biographies in the list does not surprise Greer because he detects an implicit “great man” theory of history in the canon.
