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All self-interested lives are irrational and animal lives. - Leo Tolstoy

People need to care for and love themselves. You need to work hard to improve your situation. People have the right to fight for their own freedom, show their own personality, and fight for their own interests. It is wrong for a person to not care about and love himself, to give up on himself, and not to make progress. It is also wrong for society or others to grossly infringe on a person's rights and freedoms. But this does not mean that people should take their own interests as the starting point, nor does it mean that an egoistic attitude towards life is correct. On the earth, no one is isolated, and everyone is dependent on other people in the world; just as no nation is isolated, and every nation is dependent on other nations. Therefore, when a person lives in the world, he should care about others, love others, respect others, and strive to benefit others. It is precisely because we can consciously and without any conditions assume this moral responsibility to others, care for and love others that our lives become noble and that our lives have a broader meaning beyond ourselves; It makes the world a better place and possible. Although a person has not received formal school education, his simple instinct makes him expect to be cared for and loved by others, and also enables him to care and love for others enthusiastically, and gain comfort from caring for and loving others. So we often see this situation in society: although many people are uneducated and poorly educated, they can be sincere and helpful to others. In contrast, an educated person has the opportunity to be exposed to the teachings of many sages at home and abroad, and he also has time to think deeply about the close relationship between morality, life, and society. Therefore, he should understand the importance of caring and loving each other. Importance, elevating the simple emotion of caring and loving others into a conscious action. If a person only thinks about himself and does not care about others in life, then this person can only be regarded as a lower animal and is by no means a life in the sense of gnosis. The meaning of life he obtains is of a low level. If a more educated person only considers himself and does not care about others, he may even regard "if he does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth" as the truth, and plausibly defend himself on the grounds that "human nature is inherently evil" and "human nature is selfish" To defend his selfish behavior, the education he received was a complete failure. Such educated people are a disgrace to the history of human civilization.