philosophy, for ordinary people, the biggest function is to pull it out of their specific life and look down from a higher perspective from time to time, so that they will be calm and calm when facing great suffering. Otherwise, even if they encounter small difficulties, they will be tortured.
——Kunpeng Theory
1. Review of the previous situation
in "Reading Tai'a Taide" In Exploring What Knowledge (Seventh)", Kunpenglun mainly shares the following content:
First, I have a more important role than a midwife
Socrates claims that he is a midwife for the soul, and the role of a midwife is much more important than a midwife:
First, for a midwife, women will not have real pregnancy or fake pregnancy, but this often happens to the soul. The greatest and most open and noble task of a soul midwife is to distinguish whether the soul is a real pregnancy or a fake pregnancy.
Secondly, the midwife for soul midwife is the same as the midwife for midwife. The only difference is that the former is only for men, and the fertility situation is checked on the soul rather than the body.
Once again, the most important thing about soul midwifery is that it can test the quality of the soul product of young people - the mind, and verify whether it is a fantasy illusion or a insightful view.
Human beings are creatures that command behavior, and obviously thoughts are more important than anything.
Therefore, So So, the role of soul midwife in Socrates is far more than that of midwife.
Second, why am I also infertile?
In the dialogues reading Plato , we have never seen others criticize Socrates for asking questions but never give answers, such as: Selasimac, Mino, etc.
Socrates himself admitted that just like a midwife who does not give birth, his wisdom is also infertile.
Then, he explained why he always asked questions but did not give the answer directly.
First of all, just like the midwife who is God-given to deliver only children but not children, he is also forced to give birth by God, and at the same time, he is also forbidden to give birth. He is just a childbirth of thought, helping other people's souls give birth, so he said that he is ignorant and has never given birth to thoughts.
Secondly, all those who follow him, even if they are very ignorant at the beginning, as long as they spend time with him and communicate continuously, they have made amazing progress. They have indeed not learned anything from Socrates, but have discovered many good things in their hearts and have given birth to many valuable offspring.
Again, some people thought that their achievements were entirely due to themselves, so they despise Socrates and left him before they reached their maturity in their minds.
Then, some people make friends and follow some bad people, resulting in miscarriage of their thoughts; some people's thoughts have been born, but because their concern for the false fetus (evil sayings and false Taoism) is more important than their concern for the real child (truth), the son of the soul who is still young has not been well raised and all died.
In the end, these people are foolish and not only feel ashamed of themselves, but others also think so.
Later, some people returned to Socrates and wanted to participate in the discussion again. Socrates accepted and refused according to the instructions of God who came to his heart.
The so-called God that came to his heart is probably the elves that Socrates often mentioned and called Daimon. It is something that connects man and God, between man and God.
According to his previous description, this elf not only came to implement the fate chosen before the soul was reincarnated, but also played a conscience function. When people want to do bad things, they will appear in people's hearts to advise and stop them.
Therefore, Kun Penglun believes that whether to re-accept Socrates' judgment criteria must be based on conscience, that is, to observe its virtue.
All those who follow Socrates, under his midwife, which mainly uses questioning methods, suffer from the same situation as women in childbirth, day and night, and feel pain, even much worse than women giving birth. Socrates said that his skills can cause this pain and eliminate it.
Moreover, Socrates is like a midwife, and even if he sees that some people's souls are not really pregnant, he will match them to those who are suitable for them to follow and learn.
2. I helped them get rid of stupid thoughts, but they wanted to bite me
"Young man, I will tell you these things in detail because: I guess - just as you think - you are pregnant with something in your soul and are feeling pain."
He means, I think your boy's soul is probably pregnant, so I am often confused and suffering from not getting an answer.
"Since that's the case, come to me, because I am the son of a midwife and I know midwife. Of course, you must also be careful and answer the questions I asked as much as possible." Because Socrates' midwife is a question.
Before starting, Socrates gave Teated a shot, and also explained another common misunderstanding about him.
"If I examine something you said, determine it is an illusion, an unreal thing, and then take it away quietly and throw it away, don't be angry as if the woman who gave birth to a first child was taken away."
" Because, young man, many people treat me like this, they follow the rules. : If I remove some of their stupid thoughts, they don’t think I do this with good intentions. ”
The above passage reveals a psychological characteristic of human beings, that is:
Most people will stubbornly stick to their own opinions and go all the way to the dark, whether it is right or wrong.
Perhaps, no human nature is more stubborn than defending one's own opinions and refusing to admit wrong judgments.
Moreover, even the most recognized scientists are not immune to the common sense, and they will also avoid collecting and acknowledging evidence that is unfavorable to their conclusions.
If you want to believe in something, you will unconsciously like to listen to the news that can verify what we do, and subconsciously avoid those unfavorable news, and will also find evidence to support your point of view from memory and external information.
This is called confirmatory bias in psychology. It is commonly known as: self-deception or self-deception.
typical manifestations are:
take things for granted, choose what you like to listen to, and reject those that are inconsistent with our inner beliefs;
refuse to hear bad news and favor things that can bring comfort to reality;
love to listen to sweet words;
When bad news comes, you will make up stories for yourself to weaken the color of tragedy.
When the stock market bubble, people always like to say something: "You can never wake up someone who pretends to be asleep."
This is a typical manifestation of confirmatory bias.
American physicist Richard Feynman once warned students: "The first principle is not to deceive yourself - because you are the easiest fool to fool."
However, Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said: "It is harder to be able to not deceive yourself than anything else."
So, as Kun Penglun often reminds himself: Once you find that you start to make excuses for your actions, this action is often not correct, you better choose to stop quickly!
OK, let's continue to return to the conversation.
" Because they have no idea that no god has malicious intentions towards people, and I have never done such malicious things. "
" However, for me, it is absolutely not necessary to tolerate "fake" and bury "true". "
" So, Teatide, start over from scratch, try to say what knowledge is, don't say that you can't do it, because if God is right and you have the courage, you can do it. ”
3. The second definition of knowledge given by Teated
Tead listened and said, "Okay, Socrates, since you encouraged me like this, it would be embarrassing if I don't try to say what I can say." "
" In my opinion, people who know something feel what they know (those who know something realize what they know), so I feel now that knowledge is nothing more than feeling. "
Teateide proposed the second definition of knowledge - knowledge is feeling.
He means that human perception must ultimately be the only real source of knowledge we acquire.
Socrates first praised him for his straightforwardness, "Young man, you should say it straightforwardly."
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