Chapter 71 Speeches on Truth

Davos quickly glanced at the audience: those who looked angry were probably members of the Pythagorean school, and the dissatisfied audience who looked at these people might be the students of the academy, teachers of the school, and Dio Some people in Nia, and others in a daze, simply didn't understand what was going on. As for the well-known scholars invited in the front row, some watched from the sidelines, some stared at the siding intently, and some gestured in their hands and seemed to be doing calculations...

And the reason why Mentotik Els, the dean of the School of Mathematics, did not appear here, Davers knew that it was because he happened to have a bad cold in the past few days, and even his lectures were told by the students instead of him. If there is a steady and steady he here, I am afraid such a thing will not happen.

Thinking of this, Davos glared at Mattikoris again, and said aloud: "Everyone, this is the hall of academics. In this sacred place full of knowledge, there is no origin, status, or the size of a fist. And the level of the voice, everything is true in knowledge! Now I am standing here, not as a king, but as a seeker of knowledge, earnestly asking all the scholars here, what this young scholar just did Are the speeches, the arguments given, wrong?"

"Well said. Your Majesty!" Someone in the audience shouted, and then there was applause from the venue.

The applause grew louder, and Davers had to motion them to keep quiet before asking loudly again, "Is this argument wrong?"

There was silence in the venue.

A member of the Pythagoreans stood up and said, "Of course there is a mistake!"

There was a loud uproar in the venue again.

Davers calmly made an inviting gesture and said, "Well, come up and verify its mistakes!"

The member shook his head and said, "I don't need to go up. The topic itself is wrong. There is no number that is independent of integers and integer ratios!"

Davos's face became gloomy: "The authenticity of knowledge is proved by knowledge, not by rogue! If you Pythagoreans continue to disrupt the meeting in this way, I will not only question your academic level. , and you will be listed as unwelcome at this conference and expelled from Turii!"

Davers said coldly: "Now I'll ask again, is this argument correct?"

The members of the Pythagorean school, including Lysis, look at me, I look at you, all look nervous, but no one stands up to speak. Why was Hippasos killed? It is because the members of the Pythagorean school are conservative and stubborn, but their mathematics level is absolutely the top in the Mediterranean, and they know in their hearts that what Hippassos has verified is correct.

For decades, members of the school have been afraid to touch this field, and it is also for this reason. Now, of course, they dare not stand up alone to turn black and white, and be ridiculed by other scholars for their academic level.

The venue was silent again for a while.

The Athenian mathematician Seaettus stood up, his expression was solemn, and he said slowly: "I don't think there is anything wrong with the entire argumentation process of Fosterkarda. The root of two is indeed a... new number."

As soon as his voice fell, someone shouted: "You are talking nonsense!"

Davos raised his eyebrows, pointed at him and shouted sharply, "Get him out of here!"

The soldiers rushed over immediately, raised the man's arms, and dragged him out of the venue.

Davos slammed the table hard and said sharply, "I said that if anyone disagrees, they can come up and argue. If anyone makes trouble down there, don't blame me for being rude!"

After Davos finished speaking, the noise off the court decreased.

Then several other mathematicians from Kuleny stood up one after another, arguing that Fosterkarda's argument was correct.

"Good job, Foster Cada!" Some people in the audience shouted, some applauded, and some congratulated Foster Cada, and the venue became lively.

The members of the Pythagoreans stood up angrily and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Davos said loudly: "Scholars of the Pythagoreans, please listen to me and decide whether to leave."

Davos' words made Lucis and the others stop temporarily.

Davos said solemnly and loudly: "Our human beings have developed from ignorance in ancient times to today, and we have an understanding of the mysteries of nature, which is the result of relying on one after another sages to work hard to explore.

You today will definitely have more knowledge and a deeper understanding of the world than the great scholars such as Thales, Anaximander, and Pythagoras a hundred years ago. It is not because you are better than them, because you are standing on the shoulders of these giants, inheriting their knowledge, and using this knowledge to discover more knowledge, this is how we Greeks and our entire human beings are constantly developing and growing. , more prosperous and strong reasons. Otherwise, humanity will simply stagnate, or even eventually die out.

Pythagoras was a great scholar who expanded the field of mathematics and enriched its applications in society. However, he is not omniscient and omniscient. In fact, there are no omniscient and omniscient people in this world. Even the powerful god Zeus will have to ask others to know who will replace him in the future. his position.

Many of the original ideas of the Pythagoreans were discovered by later members, and I believe you are well aware of them. Therefore, of course, he may have made some mistakes because of his lack of understanding of the world at that time.

It doesn't matter if there are mistakes, as long as you can find them and have the courage to correct them! Therefore, the excellent member of your school, Hippassos, discovered this 'unnatural number' problem! "

Davers patted the siding with his hand and said excitedly: "He bravely said the truth, based on his true love for mathematics! But the truth is often in the hands of a few people, and to defend the truth, we must pay the price of blood. Hippasos is dead! He died in the fear, conservatism and ignorance of the rest of the Pythagoreans!

You cling to a misconception of Pythagoras, which shackles your thinking and closes your wisdom. Like ostriches buried in the sand, you think you can't see why, doesn't this number independent of the whole number and the ratio of the whole number do not exist? ! "

Davos said this and turned to Fostercada: "Tell me, how many more numbers are there like this?"

Fosterkada immediately said loudly: "There are many more, I haven't counted them in detail, such as the root of three, the root of five... These numbers mainly exist in geometric operations!"

"Very good!" Davos nodded and said loudly with more confidence: "I believe that you Pythagoreans must seldom study geometry, because as long as you study it, you will encounter this problem! I I believe not that no one has doubts about this issue, but once they think of the tragic experience of Hippasos, they will choose to back off!

Geometry, which should be the most important field in mathematics, is closely related to our actual life. But sad! Because of a wrong understanding, it has become your heart disease in mathematical research for a hundred years, and it has become a stumbling block for you to perfect and expand the field of mathematics!

Here, I would like to give you and everyone here a sentence, 'I love my teacher, but I love the truth even more! ’ Because only true truth is what keeps this world alive. It is there, and only brave people who are constantly learning, working hard, not afraid of authority, and not afraid of sacrifice can constantly discover it! I look forward to the Dionysian Academy, the Pythagorean School, and all the scholars here to study the world in such a spirit, then you will surely make more discoveries, so that our civilization will be more prosperous! I'll stop here. "

As soon as Davos finished speaking, the entire audience stood up, and there were warm cheers in the venue, and even well-known scholars such as Seaettus applauded.

While applauding, Mattikoris said excitedly: "That's great! It's in my heart! What Your Majesty said is the reason why I agreed to let Fosterkarda give a speech in the first place!"

The students next to him didn't even bother to slander the teacher who was good at research and clumsy in words, and they all applauded desperately.

Some members of the Pythagoreans left the venue in anger, and some members, led by Lu Xishi, chose to stay.

Davos turned to Faustkada and praised: "You made such a bold speech with a fearless academic spirit. I think scholars in the entire Mediterranean world will appreciate you because you have swept away research for them. A big hurdle in math! I hope you will keep this spirit up and do more in your academic research! More discoveries!"

Fostercada replied excitedly: "I will, Your Majesty!"

Davers patted his shoulder in relief, then faced the audience, bowed respectfully, and left the venue.

Lucis and the others looked at his back with complicated expressions.

Seaettus and the others watched him leave with respect.

The larger audience sent him off with more enthusiastic applause.

The event that took place at the Mathematical Institute soon spread throughout the Dionysian Academy. Countless scholars and students were pleasantly surprised by this new mathematical discovery. Was shocked by King Dionia's thought-provoking speech at the meeting.

In particular, Davos's sentence "I love my teacher, I love the truth more." It made countless people repeat it over and over again, and it was deeply touched, and it also gave the young students more motivation.

After Plato heard about it, he even said to his students: "Just what King Davos said can prove that he is a philosopher!"