Chapter 2723 Talking by the Window (Ⅲ)

"This world war lasted for many years, and when the flames of war were finally extinguished and peace came, Mr. S's motherland was also liberated, but this originally prosperous country has been turned into ruins."

"After the war, people are facing a more serious spiritual crisis than material shortages."

"There is nothing more destructive to human nature than war. Tens of millions of people lost their lives in the flames of war. After experiencing massacres in the gas chambers of concentration camps, why do human beings think of poetry?"

"A whole generation has witnessed this tragedy for all human beings. After the war, many people have been traumatized, depressed and confused, and doubt the meaning of life."

"In such a social atmosphere, Mr. S put forward his philosophical views, which influenced many young people of that era."

"In order to explain his theory, Mr. S described a past event he personally experienced during the war in a speech."

"It was the spring of the second year after the fall of the capital. One evening, one of Mr. S's students suddenly visited his apartment, looking very worried."

"Mr. S asked this young man what's on his mind?"

"The other party replied that he was hesitating about a difficult choice, so he came to ask the teacher for advice, hoping that the teacher could give him an idea."

"This young man really wants to join the guerrillas and take up arms to participate in the struggle. The problem is that he has an elderly and sick mother who needs to be taken care of. If the only son of his family joins the guerrillas, he will inevitably go out to fight often. They will be captured and shot by the vicious invaders."

"In order to save the motherland from the iron heels of the invaders, he would not hesitate to sacrifice his young life, but what about the mother at home?"

"If you go out, or even die under the enemy's butcher's knife, who else can take care of your mother?"

"On the contrary, if you stay at home, your own safety will be more assured, and your mother will be able to receive thoughtful care, but he will miss the opportunity to serve the country, and he is really unwilling."

Joan couldn't help being slightly moved when he heard this.

In the story His Majesty Roland told, the dilemma that the young student was in was essentially the same as the one he was in at the moment.

"Your Majesty, what choice did that philosopher make for his students in the end?" Joan couldn't help asking.

Roland smiled and shook his head.

"Mr. S didn't help the student make up his mind after listening to the student's confession. He just asked him to close his eyes, put aside all moral and public opinion constraints, and face the most real desire in his heart. Where will the balance in my heart lean?"

"As long as he decides what he wants to do more now, don't think too much, just do it desperately."

"Mr. S believes that 'existence precedes essence'. Life is a series of accidents. What kind of person you are does not depend on external factors such as race, skin color, education, property, family background, etc., nor does it depend on others' perceptions of you. Your judgment is co-molded by every free-will decision you make at every moment in your life, 'Man is nothing but what he makes himself'."

"No one can be sure how the decisions made at the moment will affect the future. We can only grasp the moment, not be constrained by any external factors, fully follow the inner guidance to make free choices, and dare to bear the consequences. This is a clear conscience. Now, as Mr. S. said - 'You are your life; and your life is nothing but the sum of all the actions in your life'."

"Dr. Vader, I don't understand philosophy, and I may misinterpret Mr. S's point of view. If you find it boring, it's probably because I've vulgarized his profound philosophical thoughts and turned delicacies from mountains and seas into a pot of greasy 'chicken soup'." Roland smiled self-deprecatingly.

Joan didn't take His Majesty's joke seriously, thinking about the story he just told, hesitation appeared in his eyes.

"Dr. Vader, if you have anything to say, just say it. Anyway, this is just a story that happened in a distant different world, and you don't have to worry about offending anyone."

"Your Majesty, the philosopher you mentioned just now told the story in his public speech. I would like to believe that it really happened, but it didn't touch the essence of the problem."

"I have to suspect that this scholar cares too much about the feelings of his audience, unconsciously puts on a moral cloak in public, avoids some very pointed questions in his speech, and fails to clarify in a stronger way. His point of view, it's really a pity."

"Dr. Vader, can you speak more clearly?"

"Your Majesty, haven't you noticed? The dilemmas proposed by Mr. S's students are actually morally safe. The former is loyal to the country and the latter is filial to his mother. No matter which path he chooses in the end, it will not arouse the audience's disgust. "

"It's like a person has a cancerous tumor, the pain is unbearable. The philosopher's speech just scratches the itch around the cancerous tumor to relieve the patient's pain and make people aware of the existence of the cancerous tumor, but does not further cut the cancerous tumor. Try to eradicate the lesion."

"I'm more interested in the questions he's trying to avoid than the questions he's asking."

Joan noticed that His Majesty the Emperor was listening intently, so he confessed his thoughts.

"Actually, apart from joining the guerrillas and taking care of their elderly mothers at home, Mr. S's students have many other options, all of which can be omitted, but there is a way out that must be mentioned."

"What way out?" Roland asked curiously.

Qiao An hesitated for a moment, and finally said solemnly what was in her heart.

"Mr. S's students still have another option, which is to kill the old and sick mother with one shot, get rid of the burden, join the invader's army, rape and plunder, act recklessly, and seek happiness in depravity."

"Your Majesty, it is of course immoral to do so, it is simply insane, but it is precisely this kind of extremely evil behavior that breaks through the moral bottom line, which is more suitable for explaining Mr. S's point of view than those options that are tender, loyal and filial, and can better reflect Mr. S's theory. essence."

Joan stood up, restrained his excitement as much as possible, and continued.

"If even this kind of insane criminal behavior can become a possible option in life, if Mr. S's students raise this option, Mr. S can also hear 'join the guerrillas' or 'care at home' The mother's calmness, telling the students calmly, 'If you really want to do this, child, just do it', is the real free choice, and the real 'existence precedes essence'!"