Death is the greatest fairness in the world

In 399 BC, in a prison in Athens, a 70-year-old man calmly picked up a glass of poisoned wine, and then he asked the prison officer what to do next.

The prison officer told him that after drinking poisoned alcohol, it is best to take a walk in prison and wait until the poisonous attack occurs before lying down.

He asked if he could pour a little bit to pay homage to the gods.

The prison officer said that there is not a lot of poisoned alcohol.

This old man has always been polite and has no fear in his eyes. He let his wife go out to prevent her from crying. Many people next to him shed tears. Only him was always calm.

He drank poisoned alcohol as the prison officer said, walked for a while, and then lay on the bed.

suddenly remembered something, he said to his friend: I still owe Asclepius a chicken, you help me return it to him.

This old man who doesn't care about death is Socrates .

Before he died, he still talked about the soul and death with his friends and his disciples. He said: Philosophers will be happy for death, because those who truly devote themselves to philosophy actually take the initiative to do it for death. Prepare. They have been looking forward to death all their lives. If they face the day that the long-awaited thing comes, but they feel confused, reluctant or sad, it is indeed absurd.

What is death?

Remember there is a saying,Before death comes, you don't know what death is. When death comes, you are already dead.

I remember that there is a psychological view that many efforts in life are actually to avoid the fear of death.

Most people are taboo to talk about death, but death is unavoidable for everyone. Although good people don’t live long and do harm to the previous year, good people and bad people will eventually die. The poor do not die because they are poor, and the rich cannot buy their lives with money. Those who deserve to die must die.

In this world, when Lu Xun asked "how much is a catty for axioms", death was saying that death is everywhere and the fairest.

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The death of Socrates was a public case. Socrates claimed to be a wise "midwife". He argued with people on the street and tried to show wisdom in the debate. .

But his behavior, in the eyes of the Athens authorities, was to confuse and instigate young people, disrespect and corrupt young people, and then Socrates was taken to prison.

originally he could not die, as long as he promised not to argue with others on the street in the future, he could take care of the elderly at home, but Socrates refused, and the reasons for objecting are also very legitimate. I did nothing wrong, why should I Change, if I change it, it means I did something wrong.

If you enter the prison, you may not die. As long as you win the defense, you can still live.

But Socrates chose not to defend.

The reason is very strong,What I usually do is defense.

A friend suggested to him: “It’s time to think about the issue of defense”

Socrates said: “Don’t you think I’ve been doing this all my life? They are all studying what is justice and what is injustice, and are working hard to maintain justice. I have done nothing other than that. I think this is the best defense."

Regarding my life, Socrates felt that no one's life would be better and happier than him.

Because people who live well are people who work hard to study what kind of life is a better life, and happy people are those who realize that they are getting happier.

And these are what Socrates has been thinking and acting, so even if his life ends here, his life is still satisfying.

Although Athens is not enlightened enough, it is about democracy. When Socrates was tried, a jury of 500 people voted whether Socrates was alive or dead. In the first round of voting, the votes were equal. Some people felt that Socrates should be given to Socrates. A chance at the end.

But Socrates "has no repentance", but firmly claimed his innocence.

In the second round of voting, most of them voted for Socrates to die.

So, there was a scene in prison, facing death, Socrates was calm.

After Socrates died,Although later generations understood what Socrates meant, Socrates was dead after all. After his death, the jury members died one after another. Those who wished him to die, and those who wished him to live, died one after another.

Death will not let a bad person go, so naturally he is not willing to forgive a good person lightly.

It prepares an ending for everyone.

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Some people are afraid of death, and they are very taboo about the topic of death. Once it comes to death, it is considered unlucky.

Death is a scourge of life, a taboo that we can't even talk about.

But to put it bluntly, death does not bypass you because you avoid him. No matter how you treat him, he is not far in front of you, watching quietly You, waiting for you to enter his arms one day.

Those who think about him and talk to him can see a little kindness in his face, while those who are afraid of avoiding it, occasionally catch a glimpse, but they see a hideous face, for this In their faces, they were frightened again.

Confucius is more interesting. Someone asked him what is death?

He replied: "I don't know how to live, but I don't know how to die."

ask again,He replied: "I don't know how to die, so I know how to live."

speaking, it's still a paradox, it's around inside, but one of my favorite sayings is "life toward death", where death and life are both Inside, but by no means pessimistic, but an optimistic and positive attitude.

The so-called attitude of living toward death is that sooner or later, life is about to die. Life is only one day short. Every day, you have to think about it. If you die tomorrow, what else is there to do?

Live like this, you can live without regrets. Even if you really die tomorrow, you won’t feel regretful. This is to know how to live. If you haven’t lived, it doesn’t matter if you die. If you don’t know it, it doesn’t matter if you live. Not alive.

What Confucius said is probably the same.

In other words, talking about death is actually for a better life, because you know you will die sooner or later, so you have to live well.

Some people live in pain and feel that death may be a relief. For this, I think of Shi Tiesheng said: "Death is a festival that will inevitably come." Don't worry, it is yours to die sooner or later, but There is only one chance to live, try to live first.

03

Look through the history, you will know.

Throughout the history, there have been many great people who have survived through the ages, and many great evil people who have been scolded for perfection, many businessmen from the wealthy and enemy countries, and many stories about the power of the world. .

After they die, some of them have lost their offspring, but humans are still alive and well.

In this way, death is inevitably a little cute, but also a little fair, perhaps the most fair.

But this can't explain anything, at most it can only show that this life will inevitably end up with nothing. Knowing this answer is not to make us do nothing from now on, but to let us know how to cherish just like Kawabata Yasunari said "Waste time equals wasted life."

But we still have to say that sometimes we don’t understand “waste” time and we don’t understand life. What does it mean? The "waste" here means that we want to enjoy the gift of life.

" The Scholars", Yan Jiansheng before dying, stretched out two fingers, just refused to close his eyes, the family persuaded him, but it was useless, he just opened his eyes. With two fingers outstretched, he was already speechless at this time, and his family had nothing to do.

finally understood him: "Master , only I can know what you are up to. You are ordering two stalks of dungweed in that lamp. Don’t worry, you may waste oil.

After Zhao picked out a damp grass, he nodded and died happily.

Yan Jiansheng loves money more than his life, and he is afraid of losing money more than fear of losing his life. Such a person does not "waste" time, but he wastes his life and does not live happily.

maybe in him,As long as the money is kept, it is the greatest enjoyment of life, and it is also possible.

But he is dead after all. He can't see the money he left behind and how others spend it.

In "Journey to the West", Mr. Wu Chengen describes a hell. After death, people must go to hell. Wherever they should go down to the eighteen layers of hell, they still deserve a good afterlife. On trial.

But no matter whether that hell exists or not (just as it exists), what he judges is not things after death, but things that are still alive.

After the strict supervision of life and death, if there is really hell, he might turn him into a money jar.

So, in general, death is waiting for us, but there is still only one thing in life, and that is to live well, because if you die, everything is not your business.

If you can't live well, you can't die well.

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But then again, what is a good life?

Thinking about it, I only know that there is no big reason for being alive, as long as you think it is good, then he is good, no matter what other people say, it is the same.

because it’s someone else who said whether it’s goodSo those who like to talk and talk are probably the source of goodness or badness, while for some people, they can only do what others say and do. This is too absurd. The person who talks the most dominates the good or bad of the world, and the most silent person. , No matter how smart it is, it can only be prescribed by people.

So, good or bad, it’s not what other people say, only you have experienced it yourself, and only you have experienced it yourself, you can say that it is good, you can say that it is bad.

But most of the mouths in this world are not only that, for themselves, they always shut their mouths more often, but for others, they always open their mouths. When they say something, they write two words, nonsense.

So if someone prescribes what is good and what is bad for you, and you can’t do it, then it’s not your problem, but a problem of regulations.

Of course, when these are mentioned, they are still learning, except for those who cannot think independently.

Besides living a good life, it is to live a life that you feel satisfied and full of meaning.

A famous writer said: "We walk to the destination like travelers, the world is an inn, and death is the end of travel."

During the journey of your life, why did you stay and why? Happy, why you feel satisfied, that's what you mean.

With this meaning, to you, the end point is just a natural destination.

Even if it doesn't make sense, it's nothing, and death will never forget you.

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The death of a person’s life,On two occasions, the first was a physical death. Your ID card in the world became invalid and you became a dead person.

The second death is when no one remembers you. This is the second death.

Just like Lu Xun said: If the dead are not buried in the hearts of the living, they are truly dead.

I was very afraid of death when I was young, because I didn't know anything about death. I just knew it from others. It was terrible.

People can be scared of unknown threats.

But if you know, you know, that's the same thing.

But not afraid of death does not mean that you can die. It is not necessary to die. No matter how life is, it may not be something we can handle. On the contrary, my opinion is that we are not afraid of death, then There is nothing to be afraid of.

Because many times, people are fearful, not for others, but for fear. Today I am afraid that I will be sick tomorrow, I am afraid that there will be an economic crisis tomorrow, so I cannot even live today.

Caesar said: Before he died, the coward had died in his heart countless times.

And Rousseau said: If a person is afraid of pain, fear of various diseases, fear of unexpected events, fear of life danger and death, he will be unable to bear anything.

If you are afraid of pain, things in the world, except enjoyment, most of which are painful, what else can you do? If you are afraid of all kinds of diseases,Then you have to prepare all kinds of plans for tomorrow. If you are afraid of accidents, if you go out for fear that the plane will fall on you, or the birds will poop on your head, you will not even dare to exit the door. Even if you go out, you will be frightened. Not alive. If you are afraid of death, be careful not to wake up after falling asleep at night.

Although the ancients said: People without long-term worries must have immediate worries.

But one more point should be added. Foresight must be present, and living in the present must be present. Every day I think about it, and now I am bound to worry a lot.

The more troubled, the closer to death.

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In the past Hanshan asked and picked up: Someone in the world slandered me, deceived me, insulted me, laughed at me, despised me, deceived me, deceived me, deceived me, how to deal with it?

's life attitude toward death is like this: in a hundred years, the good and the bad, the poor and the rich, the good and the evil, reunite underground.

With this open-mindedness, everything in the world can be dealt with indifferently!