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Generally, when we have something we can’t think about, we can feel relieved by studying philosophy.

Once, Plato asked his teacher Socrates: What is happiness?

Socrates said: I ask you to cross this field to pick the most beautiful flower, but there is a rule: you cannot go back, and you can only pick it once. So Plato did it. After a long time, he came back holding a more beautiful flower. Socrates asked him: Is this the most beautiful flower? Plato said: When I was crossing the fields, I saw this beautiful flower, so I picked it and decided that it was the most beautiful. Moreover, when I later saw many beautiful flowers, I still hold on to my belief in the most beautiful flower and will never waver. So I picked the most beautiful flowers. At this time, Socrates said meaningfully: This is happiness.

Plato asked his teacher Socrates another day: What is an affair?

Socrates still asked him to go to the woods for a walk. He could go back and forth and pick up the most beautiful flower on the way. Plato went out again with confidence. Two hours later, he brought back one in high spirits. Flowers that are brightly colored but slightly faded. Socrates asked him: "Is this the best flower?" Plato answered the teacher: "I searched for two hours and found that this is the most blooming and beautiful flower. But on the way I picked it and brought it back, it gradually Wither away." At this time, Socrates told him: "That is an affair." Another day, Plato asked the teacher Socrates: What is life? Socrates still asked him to go to the woods for a walk. He could go back and forth and pick the most beautiful flower on the way. Plato learned from the previous lesson and went out with confidence. After three days and three nights, he did not come back. Socrates had no choice but to go into the woods to find him, and finally found that Plato had set up camp in the woods. Socrates asked him: "Have you found the most beautiful flower?" Plato pointed to a flower on the side and said: "This is the most beautiful flower." Socrates asked: "Why don't you take it with you?" "Go out?" Plato replied to the teacher: "If I pick it off, it will wither soon. Even if I don't pick it, it will wither sooner or later. So I will live next to it while it is still blooming." When it withers, look for another one. This is already the second most beautiful flower I have found." At this time, Socrates told him: "You already understand the true meaning of life."

Several students asked the philosopher Socrates: "What is life?"

Socrates took them to an apple forest and asked everyone to walk from one end of the forest to the other. A person picks an apple that he thinks is the biggest and best. Don't go back, don't choose twice. During the process of walking through the apple forest, the students carefully and carefully selected the apples they thought were the best. When everyone arrived at the other end of the apple forest, Socrates was already waiting for them there. He smiled and asked the students: "Have you picked the fruit that you are most satisfied with?" Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one answered. Seeing this, Socrates asked again: "What's the matter? Are you not satisfied with your choice?" "Teacher, let us choose again," a student asked, "When I just walked into the orchard, I discovered A big and good apple, but I wanted to find a bigger and better one. When I walked to the end of the orchard, I found that the one I saw for the first time was the biggest and best." Another one continued: " I'm just the opposite. Not long after I walked into the orchard, I picked the biggest and best fruit, but later I found a better one, so I regretted it a little. "Teacher, let's choose again." Come on!" Other students also requested in unison. Socrates smiled and said sincerely: "Children, this is life - life is a choice that cannot be repeated."

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Socrates has a famous saying : "A good woman can only give men happiness, but a bad woman can make men become philosophers."

Socrates' wife is Xanthippe, who is nearly 40 years younger than him. . Because she was known as a "bad" woman, her name also became an allusion to describe a shrew in English.

A very famous story is that when Xantibes threw water on Socrates, he laughed at himself and said: "After thunder comes the rain."

In the time of Socrates, thousands of years ago, women had the same status as slaves, much lower than men. They were uneducated and had no one to help them take care of their children or do housework. There are not many people who dare to argue with such an "influential man", and a woman who refuses to submit is even more unique. So X becomes famous. Plato also painted for her.

Socrates used flowers, apples, and woods to profoundly explain many human truths, and is known as the founder of Western philosophy. But he said, "I only know one thing, that is, I don't know anything." "Knowing your own ignorance is the greatest wisdom."

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To summarize, what I understand about Socrates’ teachings:

We are all human beings, we all have advantages and disadvantages, the key is how you Treat your partner's shortcomings and understand your own strengths.

Self-deprecation, self-deprecation, and a sense of humor are the mediators of life. When you accept your "shortcomings", or when you let go of yourself and see yourself as ignorant, you will feel better. With humility, you can appreciate the strengths of others, tolerate the shortcomings of others, avoid getting tired of each other, and cherish each other in a long-term marriage relationship.

When you are ready and choose to commit only once, you can feel happiness, learn to live, and understand life. But when you don't keep your promise and allow yourself to change your mind, you may doubt your love, have an affair, and leave regrets.