Some netizens said: "The most fundamental meaning of life is survival, survival is the most important, and eating is the first. Philosophers are no exception, because philosophers are also human beings. " Eating and drinking Lazarus is the "first priority" in life? Is that so?
If not!
Philosophers are also human beings, and of course they have to eat and pee; At this point, he is no different not only from ordinary people, but also from animals. The difference between a philosopher and an animal is that he can think; What distinguishes a philosopher from ordinary people lies in his deep thinking about the life of the universe.
But it is true that some philosophers are often good at reflecting on the life of the universe, so they are often laughed at by ordinary people. Diogenes recorded a story in His Notes on the Words and Actions of Famous Philosophers written for early ancient Greek thinkers: parmenides, the first philosopher who used the concept of "existence" for philosophical thinking, once fell into a well while walking and thinking. His servant laughed at him and said that he "only paid attention to the things in the sky and forgot the things under his feet" (the literary level of this servant makes people who look down on philosophical thinking feel ashamed today! )。 Later, Hegel wrote a history of philosophy, where he wrote, "There are no heroes in the eyes of slaves." Heraclitus, the master of dialectics in ancient Greece, gave up the throne and soaked in cow dung all day thinking about what "people can't step into the same river twice"; In order to construct her own "geometrically rigorous" philosophical system, Spinoza also gave up the opportunity to inherit the throne to make a living by grinding her glasses; Confucius lived a stable life, but he had to wander for more than ten years (like Beijing drift and sea drift today? ) Lobbying countries to realize his idea of "courtesy". How ridiculous these people are in the eyes of ordinary people, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.
But philosophers also have many successful examples. Everyone is familiar with Wang Yangming, Wang Fuzhi and Wang Anshi. Bacon and Hume in the west all thought about philosophy while being an official. "If you learn well, you are an official. You have to learn to be an official. " Master means: you can be an official if you have learned enough, and you can learn more if you have learned enough. It can be seen that the master does not think that philosophers should bury their heads in thinking and ignore the pain of the body. Confucius said that in order to compile a book, he "didn't know the taste of meat in March" and didn't eat meat for three months. Although hard, Confucius did not think that learning should not eat meat, but suffer hardships. He was so absorbed that he forgot to enjoy it. What he said just shows that he is considering the taste of meat!
But philosophers don't think eating and drinking Lazarus is the first priority. In the duality of human existence (body and spirit), they value spirit more than body. They value spiritual satisfaction more than physical comfort. Because, in their view, human nature is more manifested in a person's spiritual nobility than in his physical strength.