Chapter 326: Ignite the Flame

Suye sighed, and half-jokingly said: "Fortunately, I was mentally prepared, otherwise I would have hidden my face and come out now. If my prediction is correct, your magic talent should also be stronger than your performance."

"I could have been promoted to Bronze a long time ago, but my heart is filled with countless doubts. I don't know whether my path is right or wrong. I worry that I will become the same person as those Miletus mages, and I will learn endless knowledge in the end. But it has always stayed in the sanctuary, unable to witness the legend. I came to you because I wanted to understand the inner things of Plato Academy, and to learn the essence of magic." Clemente said.

"If what you're looking for is the essence of magic, I can't say that you're looking for the wrong thing. I can only say that I'm also looking for it. On this point, we are like-minded people. Even legendary masters may not necessarily understand magic. In other words, magicians have spent thousands of years to pursue, but they may only approach the essence, but not reach the essence." Su Ye said.

"I can give it a try." The girl's eyes brightened again.

"Okay, I like your courage, let's try together."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Su Ye said: "With your talent and family background, it is easy to enter the Plato Academy. I first wish you to become a student of the Plato Academy, Junior Sister Crimela."

"Junior girl? I like this title." Climella laughed happily.

"Since you want to be a student of Plato Academy, then, on behalf of the teachers of Plato Academy, I will ask you a question that every second-year freshman needs to answer. Now put your hands on the magic book, and I will ask the question Finally, you have to write down the first thought that comes to your mind, remember, you must write it within three seconds. If you can’t write it down, I will suspend the course.”

"it is good."

"The question is, what would you do if Master Plato found you and ordered you to climb Mount Olympus? One...two..."

Climella froze for a moment, hesitated for a second, and wrote a word on the magic book.

"...Three! Tell me what your first thought was." Suye said.

A flash of hesitation flashed in Climella's eyes, and she said, "I have a rather offensive question in my head, can I change it?"

"If you are in school, you can change to another to cover up your true intentions, but there are only you and me here, so you speak boldly."

"Okay. My first thought was,

Ask Master Plato why he gave this order? "Climera stared into Suye's eyes.

Su Ye showed a gratified smile and said, "You are a very good child. It is worthless to ask questions without further questions. Then, let me ask you a question personally. Apart from the nature of magic that I cannot teach, you still want to teach me What did you learn here?"

Clemente's eyes drooped slightly, and after a while, she raised her head, her eyes were like stars, her skin glowed, and she said, "I want to be ignited."

Su ye stared at Pink Diamond's Eye and remained silent.

Climera is saying that famous quote of Socrates.

Education is not indoctrination, but lighting a fire.

Climella explained: "My previous magic teachers, or teachers in all other fields, were almost instilling knowledge. They are teachers, they are kind, they also have profound knowledge, they have rich experience, they They have strong abilities in their own fields. But, to tell the truth that may be harsh, they are not educators, not even qualified educators. But I know that Master Socrates is an excellent educator, and Master Plato is an excellent Educators, I also believe that there must be other outstanding educators in Plato Academy."

"Are you really only twelve years old?" Su ye asked with a smile.

"I'm more ignorant than my peers." Climella smiled slightly, her eyes flashing with indescribable happiness.

"Yeah, we're perpetually feeling ignorant, and getting more ignorant."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Suye picked up the magic quill that came with the magic blackboard, walked to the blackboard, looked into Clemente's eyes, and said, "I can't teach you the essence of magic, and I won't even be a qualified educator. This In the first class, I don't teach you magic, I don't teach you languages, I don't teach you characters, I don't teach you phonetic symbols, I don't teach you anything that can be learned directly in school, and even, no teacher taught me."

Clemente straightened her body instinctively, her eyes became brighter.

Su ye wrote on the magic blackboard.

"I am a cranky person, so I accumulated a lot of problems in my head. I didn't know a lot of things until I entered the Plato Academy, but it was not enough. In the first grade, I was in a daze, I don't know what to do at all. Until recently, I suddenly realized a concept. I don't remember whether I heard a similar concept from people in Lion Harbor or read it in a book, but this concept, this word , is what I can share with you in this class, and what I think every child should learn from an early age...not knowledge, but a kind of thinking."

Su Ye said silently in his heart, Mr. Aristotle, I don't know if you have finished "Metaphysics" now, and if you have proposed the concept that will be passed down to future generations, but in order to suppress this monstrous student, I can only use your big killer up.

Su ye pointed to the word with a magic pen.

Crimella's eyes widened.

"First principles!"

"So, what is the first principle? Simply put, in every field or system, there is a first principle. This principle is a proposition or assumption that cannot be deleted or omitted, and cannot be violated. This A first principle is the law of the law, the method of the method, the cognition of cognition, and the thinking of thinking. Once you comprehend the first principle in a certain field and practice it repeatedly, then you Everything in this domain is like... standing on the roof and pouring water down, and the water pouring down is like splitting a bamboo with a single knife, it is unstoppable."

"Of course, this is a narrow interpretation, because it is too absolute, and it is difficult to explain clearly in simple sentences. As we said before, it is difficult for us to find the essence of magic, and the essence of magic is a kind of first sexual principle."

"Hard first principles only exist in some truth disciplines. Such as philosophy, mathematics, geometry, botany, history and other disciplines."

"For example, in geometry, we can assume a postulate, or call it the axiom of plane geometry, such as 'there is one and only one straight line passing through two points'. Another interpretation of this geometric axiom is that two points determine a straight line. In the field of plane geometry, we cannot overthrow this axiom, which is a first principle in plane geometry. The example I gave, you will think it is very simple, and even think it is like this, even a fool You know, right?" Suye asked.

Climela nodded sincerely.

"You will think this is very simple, even very useless, but great science and magic are built on these seemingly simple and useless things. Because of this seemingly simple and useless axiom, it is possible to deduce the It seems that there are useless theorems, but these useless and useful theories together will form a huge force and promote the development of human beings at an incredible speed."

Su ye hesitated for a moment and didn't talk about anything deeper.

"I don't really understand, because I have also studied geometry, but I don't understand what axioms, postulates, or theorems are." Climera frowned slightly.

Su Ye thought that although some theories have been put forward, which can be regarded as axioms or theorems, no one has clearly defined the strict definitions of words like "axiom" or "theorem". It was not complete until Ji Lide was born.

And now, Aristotle and Euclid are too young.

The geometry of the current Pythagorean school can only be regarded as geometric theory, barely a generalized geometry, and Euclid's "Elements of Geometry" is the real geometry.

Su Ye smiled and said: "These are all great knowledge, we will talk about them slowly in the future, but here, it is just an example. Since geometry is difficult to understand, let's use an easy-to-understand example in magic." Demo, the 'Legend of Smiles' Master Crete and his teacher Leucippus put forward the famous 'atomic theory'. He believed that all things are composed of an indivisible smallest thing. He could not determine what it was, but named the smallest thing as 'Atom'. Let's not care whether this atomic theory itself is right or wrong, we will find that all the legendary master's understanding of legendary magic, behavior, thinking, etc., are based on this 'atomic theory', and he firmly believes that all magic All matter is made up of one kind of atom. And atomic theory became the foundation of his promotion legend, this thing, right?"

Climella nodded and said: "Yes, this matter is correct. The old man himself said that his magical achievements are based on atomic theory."

"Then, in his eyes, the essence of magic is 'atomism', and atomism is what he 'thinks' is the first principle in the field of magic. Do you understand this?" Suye asked.

"I can understand the superficial meaning." Kelimera looked at Su Ye with a trace of solemnity and solemnity.

Suye continued: "Let me take myself as an example, you will understand better. When I was learning magic, I was always looking for a 'first principle of magician's battle'. I thought at the time, when I was fighting, You can't fight randomly, you can't just rely on instinct to fight, you should find the most basic, essential, firmest, and most suitable supreme method for me, use this method to guide my battle, and try to ensure that this supreme method is applicable to any battle .”

"I've thought about it, it's impossible. Because we will encounter countless possibilities, there is no method that can be applied to any battle. If we pursue a method that is applicable to all battles, we will definitely encounter accidents." Ke Limei La said firmly.

However, in the next moment, Clemente's face was slightly red, and her pink eyes were rippling with light water, and she hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, teacher, I shouldn't talk carelessly."

But Su Ye praised: "You did a good job! This is the way I like to see, this is the way to communicate and share, and you should keep it in the future. And, you are right. I thought exactly the same as you at the beginning , because I found that fighting ice wolves requires one set of methods, but fighting magic cows requires another method, fighting a warrior requires one method, and fighting another fighter of the same rank may require a different method. Therefore, I thought and thought, and suddenly came up with a question, 'Why do I have to use this method during the battle, is there any supreme method that can help me win outside of the battle or before the battle?'”