Eternal Burning - Chapter 6

[Chapter 6 The Coward]

In the small stepped classroom, more than 30 people were sitting scattered. Apart from the sound of my lectures, there was no other noise.

Shang Muxiao sat in the front row, in the middle, his eyes kept moving with me, and sometimes he would do some handwriting that he didn’t know what it was, as if he was not the one who was kicked out of the classroom by me last time.

“Now is the questioning session.” After pausing the ppt, I came to the edge of the podium and said to the students, “Everyone is free to ask questions.”

Not many people raised their hands, but Shang Muxiao was among them. The bet with him only said that he could not deliberately avoid it, and that I would definitely order him if he raised his hand. Moreover, subconsciously, I always felt that he would not ask serious questions.

I calmly turned a blind eye to his positivity, skipped him and ordered a male classmate in the back row.

Shang Muxiao withdrew his hand in dissatisfaction, looked back at the boy whom I named, and then leaned back on the chair, looking like an uncle.

The boy I named didn’t know what happened, but visibly shrank, and his voice stuttered a little.

“I, I want to ask, could you please explain Schopenhauer’s theory of “The Fourfold Roots of the Law of Sufficient Reason” in vernacular without using philosophical language?” He scratched his head embarrassedly, “I think It’s a bit difficult, no… I don’t understand very well.”

Philosophy is a very difficult and complex subject, full of various contradictory and unified factional theories. , If there is no great understanding, it is easy for beginners to be confused by complicated philosophical terms.

I nodded to show my understanding, sorted out the language, and said slowly: “The Four Roots of the Law of Sufficient Reason, the vernacular is… the four fundamental reasons why everything in the world appears like this. Schopenhauer believes that the world’s So the difference is because people have different ways of expressing.

“The first kind, intuitive experience constitutes the fundamental view of human beings on things, which is inherited from human beings.

“The second kind, abstract concepts constitute people’s basic judgments about things, which come from people’s knowledge of things.

“The third, the innate cognition of time and space constitutes people’s sensitivity to numbers, which defines the sense of being.

“The fourth, the action is the responsibility of the subject of the thing, is the presentation of the will, and what drives it is the ‘ motivation’.

“The above is the core expression of “The Fourfold Roots of the Law of Sufficient Reason”, do you understand?” The

boy nodded vigorously while taking notes: “Well, I understand, as soon as the professor says it, I understand! Professor, you are amazing!”

Shang Mu Xiao sneered, and he didn’t bother to hide his contempt. He seemed to think that it was really unprofessional to talk about such a problem.

I don’t know where he got the courage to laugh at others when he failed the exam.

“Is there anyone else asking?”

Shang Muxiao raised his hand lazily, as if he didn’t have any hope that I would order him.

But I just ordered it and asked, “What do you want to ask?”

If he said something, I would just ask him out.

Shang Muxiao was obviously stunned for a while, quite surprised, but he quickly recovered and described his problem fluently and clearly.

“Should the love that is not blessed by the world obey reason or instinct?”

“It depends on which theory you are more willing to believe.”

He further asked: “What if it was taught to you? But your love is not blessed by the world. Do you choose to obey reason or return to instinct?”

“The difference between humans and animals is that humans have reason. Reason can make us better plan the future, take the initiative, and reduce risks. I I don’t think we should give up this part of the rights.”

“But reason also makes us lose our sensitivity to things.” Shang Muxiao and I argued with reason, “‘rationality makes us gain, but also makes us lose.’ Shouldn’t the sentence be saying that reason is not that important?”

This is Schopenhauer’s original words, it seems that he came prepared.

To be honest, this is not a difficult question to answer. It does not have much philosophical nature in it. Instead, it is more suitable as a debate topic for debate, so that both sides can understand.

I thought he was going to ask some good questions, but it turned out to be nothing more than that.

“I am a rationalist, you are an irrationalist. We are not of the same faction, how can we get together? You are willing to return to instinct, I prefer to listen to reason, from the beginning, we have differences. You can’t convince me, neither do I There is no intention to convince you, philosophy is an existence full of various opinions and speculations, and there is no need to distinguish between superiors and inferiors.”

This question has no meaning to argue any further, I want to stop it, but he continues to expand.

“So you will never be driven by instinct and always be rational, right?” He leaned forward slightly, his tone and expression changed slightly from before, as if he didn’t believe it, but also seemed to wait and see, in those dark eyes, was Straightforward eagerness to try.

He felt that he could get me to break my sanity, go against my principles, and leave today’s insights behind. Looking at his young and arrogant face, I already knew what he was thinking.

He wasn’t asking a dumb question, he was just laying the groundwork for one day in the future to laugh at me for being a rationalist.

Bad pup.

I didn’t give him that opportunity and quickly closed the issue.

“My opinion doesn’t matter. This question is over, the next one.”

He didn’t get the answer he really wanted. He leaned back in his chair a little boringly, playing with a ballpoint pen in his hand, with a slight smile on his lips, speaking to me silently Said three words.

–coward.

I swiped nonchalantly and started to answer the next question.

Since the betting contract took effect, Shang Muxiao has reported to my office every day before leaving get off work and sent me home.

I don’t quite believe that he really wants to chase after me, thinking about it, his sudden change, maybe just out of some weird desire to win – he has to prove that all my denials are denials, and I am He was already coveted by him, and had a wicked heart. He was truly a person who was “full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and full of male thieves and female prostitutes”.

If Yan Ying is an arrogant person who thinks that she can take over the world with her beauty alone, then Shang Muxiao is no less so.

If he wants to love, you must give him love. If you don’t give it, he will rob him. If you grab it, you will probably only satisfy a certain collection addiction, and you will not cherish it. I always feel that he must have been lacking in love when he was a child.

To understand, I no longer resist his pursuit. I’m still happy when someone takes me home every day. It’s just a child’s game, as long as he gets tired of it, he will naturally do what he needs to do.

“Are you free on Saturday? Take you to a good place.” When he stopped at his old seat, Shang Muxiao pulled the handbrake and sent me a date invitation.

“I don’t have time, I have an appointment with a friend on Saturday.”

Yang Haiyang asked me to make an appointment earlier, which is not a violation of the rules. Unfastening the seat belt, I saw that Shang Muxiao was still not moving, and asked him what was wrong with his eyes.

“What about next Saturday?” He was facing me, with one elbow on the steering wheel, the expression on his face was much lighter than before.

So a child is a child, and everything is put on his face.

“Next Saturday, we’ll talk about it next week.”

He heard the words and leaned back in his seat, neither communicating with me nor moving, and he was likely to let me get out of the car if I didn’t agree.

In terms of time, I’m really not his opponent, and I’m also at a disadvantage. If he just throws me here if he doesn’t like it, I have no choice but to crawl back.

“Got it, I’ll free up next Saturday.” In the end, I had to compromise.

Shang Muxiao changed his face quickly, and suddenly became happy again. He got out of the car and assembled the wheelchair without my urging, and then went around to me and carried me out of the car.

Just a few days later, he became more and more comfortable, and I became more and more at ease. When my car is repaired, I am afraid that I will not be used to getting on and off by myself.

Terrible. For more than ten years, I have relied on myself in everything, because I know that if I rely too much on others to survive, I will become a real waste sooner or later. As a result, because of a small accident, an inexplicable gambling game, the persistence of more than ten years has been shaken.

It suddenly dawned on me that I might be taking human instincts too simply.

Taking me to the elevator entrance, Shang Muxiao suddenly answered a phone call. The voice of the person on the other end was so loud that it was almost roaring. It seemed that he was in a noisy environment.

“The old place? Don’t call…” He glanced at me and swallowed the words he was about to say, “Don’t call so many people, I won’t go if there are people I don’t know.”

What was said on the other end? , only the last three words – hurry up, I heard it clearly.

“My friend asked me to sing, I’ll go first.” Shang Muxiao seemed to be really afraid that I would mind, and explained it to me seriously.

“Well, have fun.”

I was still immersed in the confrontation between rationality and instinct, saying goodbye to Shang Muxiao, and went home and closed the door for a night to think about whether I could really be completely rational. Didn’t get an answer.

On Saturday afternoon, I arrived at the restaurant designated by Yang Haiyang at the appointed time. He has already arrived, but his girlfriend is nowhere to be seen.

“You look at the menu first. Yunrou came by herself. She just arrived and is still parking.” He explained to me.

I didn’t pay much attention to what I ate, and I didn’t take the menu, saying that it was all up to him.

When the order was almost finished, Yang Haiyang and I were talking and suddenly raised his hand and waved hard in the direction of the door, his whole face lit up because of the arrival of the other party.

Only now did I finally believe that he really found someone who he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, instead of just finding someone to live with.

“I’m sorry, I’m late.” The other party sat down with a clear voice, shoulder-length hair, and a casual yet professional white suit jacket. He looked as pretty as a female star, and most importantly… …deja vu.

Just…is it possible? Also too dramatic.

“Hello, I’m Shang Yunrou, Yang Haiyang’s girlfriend. I’ve often heard Haiyang talk about you, and I’ve been looking up to you for a long time. I finally saw it this time, and it really lives up to its reputation.” Shang Yunrou politely reached out and wanted to shake my hand. .

I stared at her face, combined with her rare surname, I was only 20% suspicious, but now it has risen to 60%, and it’s over half in an instant.

“Excuse me…” I asked as I shook hands with her, “Do you have a younger brother?”

The author said:

“Only human beings have reason” and “reason is not that important” are Schopenhauer Chinese. It can be seen that Arabidopsis used a philosopher’s point of view to express his point of view, and Shang Muxiao used the same philosopher’s point of view to refute it.

[End of This Chapter]