Chapter 26 Philosophical Tests
"Are you still adapting to the Procuratorate? Is it a bit dark inside?"
There is no sun in the dark?
Cao Guo's words made some logic in Lin Zhexu start to work. He cheered up and his mind didn't want to follow the other party's rhythm before.
He cleared his voice and replied in a deep voice: "It's not bad. Although there are many things inside, there are many plans, he can still stay inside."
Hearing his student's answer, Cao Guo turned his head and looked at Lin Zhexu's eyes, as if he could hear the true meaning from this answer.
"How much time did you spend studying Kant's Critique of Pure Reason?"
Lin Zhexun was stunned when he heard the other party’s question.
What is this turning point?
Kant? Legal philosopher. "Critique of Pure Reason"? "Strange Book" in Western philosophy, the Savior in metaphysics.
However, how did Professor Cao Guo suddenly bring the topic to the Western classical philosophical system? Shouldn’t he continue to ask about his recent situation and inquire about the internal situation of the Procuratorate?
Lin Zhexun blinked, half-cun his body, and tried to test:
"Professor, have you changed your career in teaching philosophy? Or just study it?"
Looking at his students' fearful and trepidated look, Cao Guo smiled helplessly: "Ane, I want to ask you what you think of this book. Over the past few years, you have heard from Seoul University students that you bought hundreds of books, and the whole room was full. In order to buy books, there was almost no place to read books in the whole room. A good son of a prosecutor general became a poor student to buy books. So I am really curious about what your state is now."
After hearing such an answer, Lin Zhexun understood.
Professor Cao is thinking that he is seeking fame.
In order to spend money on books, the son of a prosecutor general bought the entire room and even saved living expenses, he simply moved into the examination house. Even many students from Seoul knew that he liked reading books, and all this came to the professor's ears. This could be regarded by the other party as the kind of behavior that was done for reputation.
Now there is a scandal with a well-known female idol. The contrast between this is too great, and the experience of retirement from a special forces is still speechless.
Cao Guo cannot verify all the experiences of female idols in love and special forces service, but he is good at literature and philosophy.
And, if you ask other possibilities, for example, jurisprudence may not detect the status of a person who is good at studying. Then asking him has high-difficulty writings from scholars related to jurisprudence is enough to verify whether a person has really studied science.
Thinking of such a "romantic talent" and "a man from heaven" who is both civil and military, and is accompanied by beautiful women. This kind of character who is like a novel reader is actually himself, Lin Zhexu smiled from the bottom of his heart:
"To be honest, Kant's philosophy of law is indeed a must-read for all our law students. I also spent time studying his philosophy books. In order to read the book "Critique of Pure Reason", I also needed a lot of complete Western classical philosophy knowledge. For example, after retiring, I locked myself at home and read Hume's "Theory of Human Nature" and the theory of pure empiricism. I learned about Descartes' "dual division" about the existence of subjects and objects, and read Newton and Labniz. It took me about a year in total. I personally did not agree with this idealist philosophy, but I began to understand and agreed with it after something a month ago."
"Is that true?" Cao Guo nodded slightly, and did not experience any emotional fluctuations because of his student's sudden change of position. He just smiled and said, "What's the result?"
Lin Zhexun did not answer, his brain was still rotating rapidly. This general question was too difficult to answer. To be honest, he could write a philosophical paper. While summing up wildly in his brain, he asked back:
"How did you study Kant's philosophy?"
"Actually, it's not me who study Kant, because we who do the jurisprudence and legal philosophy of the continental law. If we don't study Kant, Gustav Huguo, and Wenconesi, what else can we study? How can we teach you jurisprudence? Besides, philosophy cannot be studied?"
"Too."
Cao Guo smiled lightly, and knew that he was asking too much and too broadly. So he reduced everything a little bit more difficulty, but the question became wider: "How did Kant see two kinds of rationality? What is it criticized? How did he criticize?"
In addition to "Critique of Pure Reason", the good guy also added Kant's "Critique of Practical Theory".
But this is simple, it’s just a retelling of Kant’s point of view!
Lin Zhexu answered directly without thinking: "There is no difference between practical reason and theoretical reason. He believes that these two kinds of reason are different applications of the same reason. It is like an object is the same object, but objects in the phenomenon world are restricted by the law of causality. In the body of matter, they are restricted by the law of freedom.
Pure rational criticism is the ultimate criticism, and ultimate means absolute truth. In fact, from the perspective of human cognitive ability, human beings themselves do not have the ability to recognize absolute truth.
Practical rational criticism is to criticize the best, and the best is the ultimate form of moral metaphysics. From a moral perspective, there is no moral standard for the best."
Cao Guo nodded, these are not difficult: "What about the practical ability of pure rationality?"
"That is the ability to seek. He believes that desire has a difference between higher and lower level. Low-level desire is similar to animal-like, focusing on 'experience' and chasing the enjoyment of various sensual and colorful dogs and horses. And advanced desire is pure reason, and he gave this kind of desire morality." Lin Zhexu paused here. In order to show that he really understood, he prepared to give an example: "Professor Cao, I remember that you believe in Buddhism and are also in slut...Teacher Dongguo University, who believe in Buddhism, right?"
The title of "Slug University" almost blurted out from Lin Zhexun's mouth. Fortunately, he did not get carried away with the title, otherwise he would have been exposed by a religious believer who was insulted.
Cao Guo nodded and gave him a positive attitude. He is indeed a law professor and a Buddhist.
"Then I will use Buddhism to make a popular explanation: a thought becomes a demon, and a thought becomes a Buddha. For a demon, the fundamental basis of his will is material and experience. For a Buddha, the fundamental basis of his will is something that comes from pure will itself, which is a universal principle as form. Therefore... and pure practical reason is a high desire, and this also means that actions that are irrelevant and out of one's will are things that will determine to always obey some ideal rules.
Then, there are differences in will, because it determines what to do and what not to do, and this difference is the basis of the determination of will. Then it is derived from self-discipline and external discipline.
The so-called practice of pure reason is the practice of the determination basis of will and the purpose. In Kant's view, this determination basis is the moral law itself. As long as you act according to this law, it will meet that purpose and achieve pure reason practice.
In addition, the practice in contrast is not based on moral laws, but on a certain individual existence, and the behavior is to obey this individual purpose. For example, farmers farm for food, for example..."
Lin Zhexun was silent, and the answer below was obvious.
However, many people have answers in their hearts, but the answers may be different. For this answer, more or less people died in the answers in the last century. How many people have separated their wives and children because of this answer, brothers turn against each other, and teachers have become enemies.
A little further away can turn the military academy students in the south of China into enemies. A little further away can see the infinite internal struggles of comrades in a trench of the Spanish Civil War. A little closer can see the country that died on Christmas.
He could see some of his professor's tendencies clearly. He knew what the other party was thinking, but he didn't expect that he hurriedly came to him after chatting for a while. The questions he asked were unexpectedly... so explicit.
Seeing that Lin Zhexun was silent, Cao Guo continued to increase his strength when he saw that his attitude towards the other party was indeed as he expected:
"The truth, goodness and beauty in the world seem to be very beautiful on the surface, and can bring happiness and well-being to people. But if the false odor is finally carried forward in the name of truth, goodness and beauty, it will be the greatest disaster and misfortune for mankind. This seems to be alarmist, but you have also seen some chaos inside the Procuratorate, and such chaos abounds."
"What you mean is 'Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, and that evil is already known. Everyone knows that good is good, that evil is already not good.'?"
"Whose words are? They sound mysterious."
Lin Zhexu smiled bitterly: "The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" has some connection with the Buddhism you believe in in China. There is a dispute over Taoism."
Cao Guo didn't know much about the culture of China, but nodded in a slight way: "If you were not wrong back then, then you chose to enter the Procuratorate as soon as possible because of this, right? Before you chose to enter the Procuratorate, you also felt that the Procuratorate had a completely different style in name and in fact. You had to change it. This is your purpose. Now that you see the darkness, what do you think?"
As expected, this seems to be an interview, a test.
Lin Zhexun lowered his head and pondered without giving an answer. He knew that this answer would be crucial.
Any previous over-praise and any concern for the sake of the present is nothing more than just a sentence.
But how could Lin Zhexun express his opinion so easily?
"Professor, I'm still too young, and the things I've seen and experienced have not yet touched my bottom line. Maybe I have some fantasies about this system."
Of course, Cao Guo could hear the procrastination attitude in his words, but he just shook his head and smiled, not feeling discouraged.
It seems that young people are not hit hard enough, and they are still interested in the light. However, as long as they are interested in the light, it is good, and they have a chance.
Just as he was thinking about how to win over the only son of the top-ranked person in the procuratorial system's power rank in the past two days, Yu Guang found that someone was walking towards the two of them. It seemed that they were prosecutors in the inspection team.
The prosecutor walked to the opening of the partition area of the two people, smiled and reminded softly:
"Professor Cao, Dean An Qinghuan is looking for you again."
"Oh? Dean An is looking for me? It seems that he is really talking about the investigation issues? I thought it was all about Korean Air."
The person who came with a smile, glanced at Lin Zhexun, who was sitting there looking at him expressionlessly: "The few people in it don't have time to talk about Korean Air, and it seems they are discussing the matter of China."
"Okay, Zhexun, think about it carefully, let's talk about it when we go to China." Cao Guo stood up from his position, patted Lin Zhexun's shoulder, and then walked out of the partition and walked towards the theater lounge step by step.
The back is very beautiful and pleasant, it seems that this time has been his most proud moment.
However, the person who came to call Cao Guo into the lounge did not mean to follow the other party and walked away. He just slowly restrained his smile and vision and continued to stand at the door of the partition area.
"Don't you sit down? I think you seem to have something to talk to me?"
Chapter completed!