What do you mean "live elsewhere"? (philosophy)

-my understanding and experience of philosophy

Here is a person's experience: in a geography class in his second grade of junior high school, the teacher recited Xu Zhimo's poem "Farewell to Cambridge"; Another teacher explained that "existence is reasonable" in half a class. Since then, he has had an eternal connection with philosophy and poetry. Junior high school began to read popular books on philosophy, and senior high school began to read monographs and papers on philosophy. Called by the high school political teacher: Of all the people I have ever met, contact philosophy is the only one who is the youngest! Unfortunately, he didn't pass the college entrance examination to enter the philosophy department to receive formal education. Now in the Chinese Department of Guangzhou University, although he doesn't concentrate on reading, it is because philosophy, as a way of life, has been integrated into his life. ...

It is difficult to describe the complexity of a person's experience and the richness of his life.

In fact, as a social ideology, philosophy is difficult to define itself. What is philosophy and what should philosophy be? Philosophy is not only as simple as world outlook, ontology, methodology and universal laws. Russell said that philosophy is a discipline between religion and science (because philosophy has some problems similar to religion, such as what is man and what is the meaning of life; Philosophy has the same rational thinking as science. Mr. Feng Youlan thinks that philosophy is "reflective reflection" and a kind of realm knowledge. Similarly, some people call philosophy "scientific science" (although this shows that philosophy explores universal laws, it is too exaggerated). And more meta-philosophers (the branch of philosophy that studies philosophy itself) believe that philosophy is not only a history of philosophy, but also a humanities discipline centered on the study of philosophical problems. The development of philosophy is no longer the "love of wisdom" in ancient Greece (Mr. Western Zhou in modern Japan translated philosophy as "philosophy", and the word philosophy was first introduced and used by Huang Zunxian, a poet in the late Qing Dynasty in China). This may be unexpected for Taylor, parmenides and Socrates!

Nowadays, scholars generally give an inconclusive conclusion about the philosophy of "uselessness" as "usefulness" (too much emphasis on China's argument is a conclusion in itself). For example, Chen Xiuzhai, a late professor of philosophy at Wuhan University, said: The definition of philosophy, that is, the object of study of philosophy, is also inconclusive, because philosophy itself has the nature of "inconclusive". Because once the conclusion is reached, it becomes a scientific problem, not a philosophical one.

Personally, I still like to use Jahasbiers' words to explain: philosophy is on the road. Philosophy has its own development history, and it will face more problems, and it will be more difficult to answer the question of what philosophy itself is. Modern and contemporary philosophy has been distinguished from politics, religion, logic and sociology. (Now ethics, aesthetics and Marxist philosophy, ancient western philosophy, modern western philosophy, ancient China philosophy and modern and contemporary China philosophy are all branches of philosophy.) I believe there will be better development in the future. On the road of philosophy, our thinking has advanced from "the realm of necessity" to "the realm of freedom".

In fact, philosophy is not out of reach for us. Anyone who has studied philosophy knows that the discussion of problems in philosophy should be examined through life practice. Although we only think about philosophical issues in our thinking, my existence as a subject (everyone is an independent individual) is bound to participate in specific social activities, and our way of thinking, world outlook, outlook on life and depth of understanding of the nature of things will affect any of our actions. As Fichte said, you should choose what kind of philosophy you are. To some extent, the guiding significance of philosophy to our real life is very significant. The function and purpose of philosophy is to establish an ideal life (in Feng Youlan's words). Philosophy has improved our spiritual realm and brought us closer to our understanding of the universe and life, that is, "nothing at all, nothing at all." I think that the philosophy of "being born into the world" (in Feng Youlan's words) should also have the function of helping the world, and we can't "be poor and white, and be immune to it". Especially in today's society with increasingly prosperous economy and ideological transformation, college students and elite professors, as intellectuals, should be more aware of the improvement of people's ideological quality, instead of hiding in the study or even flaunting the banner of academics everywhere.

At the beginning, I have briefly introduced my personal experience, and then I also said a little about my views on "what is philosophy" and "the role of philosophy". So how to "cultivate" philosophy? I know this point so well that sometimes I simply don't know what to say. I personally read books. When I first came into contact with philosophy, I usually read books on the principles of Marxist philosophy, which are popular and have few terms. After mastering some common sense, I read monographs and papers. When reading, the most important thing is to "think" (or "reflect").

I remember one time in high school, I skipped class and went to the library to borrow Schopenhauer's books. That time, I was investigated by the class teacher (I was also the monitor at that time), and finally the political teacher rescued me as a "representative of the working people". At that time, I borrowed the world as my will and representation. After reading it, I couldn't stand it, because I didn't understand it at that time. Finally, I threw it into the river (Tuojiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, not the Pearl River), leaving a sentence: How can the world be my will? Schopenhauer's classic is: the world is my will. Of course, in high school, I was still a little naive, probably because of my lack of personal experience. At that time, I even established a huge ultimate system, including all the knowledge of philosophy. Now I find myself just a drop in the ocean. How vast the hall of philosophy is! !

After so many years of philosophical baptism, I feel more ignorant. As Socrates said: I know I don't know (or I know I'm ignorant). I think I am better than those who don't know that they don't know (or are ignorant).

When I was in middle school, almost no one around me read any books on philosophy, which was really a bit lonely. At that time, people around me had several views on me: first, they were "inscrutable", which might be because of their views on the sanctity of philosophy; The second is "crazy, crazy" (including one of our class teachers thinks so), which may be because they think philosophy is useless and bother themselves, and think that people who study philosophy are good at "sophistry"; Third, "thoughtful people" may be because they respect philosophy and are considerate of people who study philosophy. So how do our philosophy students view themselves? I think this is a bit difficult, because "know yourself" (Socrates) is a philosophical question! ! ! I only know that philosophy is insignificant without me; Without my philosophical accomplishment, I can't move forward confidently.

Personally, I think there will be two problems in reading: one is the accumulation of basic philosophical knowledge, such as philosophers and philosophical views or terms mentioned in the article. Second, the problem of logical thinking, for example, there are occasions when you don't know the way the article is discussed or the narrative center of the whole article, and even some sentences can't be read smoothly. Many people don't like reading philosophy books because the above two problems have caused their confusion. But when you take the first step, you will find that the sharp thoughts of philosophers are tightly wrapped around the self eager for knowledge and wisdom.

You don't have to read all the books to understand philosophy. "What you get from the book is superficial." You don't even need to read. Philosophy is almost everywhere in life, depending on whether we have the vision of discovery and serious thinking. Personally, I think poetry is the closest literary expression to philosophy (I have always liked poetry). A poet should write a poem in the true sense, be honed by life experience and edified by rich feelings, and be a man with a conscience. After internalizing the theme, we must go through arduous spiritual exploration to reveal the poet's own deep thinking about life and existence through the specific forms of language and words. So I think that those who write vulgar poems and so-called "philosophical poems" are poets who have never been exposed to philosophy (or are very shallow); It is difficult for a real poet to get a poem of his own. He is a poet who writes about his deep reflection on life and existence, a poet who has struggled in his soul (such as Holderlin and Haizi), not an inspirational poet who only has emotional outbursts. To some extent, I personally think that poets must be philosophers, and philosophers are also poets.

In addition, let me give another example to illustrate that philosophy is embedded in many aspects of our lives, such as cartoons. Jimmy, a painter in Taiwan Province Province, must be known to many people, and many people like him. Personally, I prefer Jimmy's works. There is a saying in The Forgotten Moon: Does the invisible mean that it does not exist? This is a bit like Plato's division of two worlds, so is there another extrasensory world besides the real world? Through comics, we once again entered the silent thinking and the classic propositions of the masters. "In life, people keep leaving or entering. Therefore, the invisible see; Remember, forget. " "Life is alive, there are gains and losses. So, what you see is invisible; Forgot, remember. " In the vivid picture of The Forgotten Moon, we think of our own "moon", beautiful memories and ideals, relatives, lovers and friends who have left or left, love and poetry, lost childhood and the vast road ahead ... Here, we have been thinking about life, looking forward to life and thinking about philosophy.

In modern society, with the enrichment of the material world, people's spiritual world is becoming more and more empty. I think therefore I am (Descartes), and we need to think too much and live poetically (Heidegger). As Haig/Kloc-said more than 0/00 years ago, paying too much attention to ordinary and trivial interests in daily life makes people have no free mood to pay attention to richer inner life and purer spiritual activities. (Lecture notes on the history of philosophy)

We are human beings, we need to pay attention to our own development, we need to care about our spiritual world, and we should move towards "possibility". Cahill said that the fundamental feature of human life is always living in an "ideal" world and always moving towards "possibility". In the busy real life, I have done so little "reflection" that life itself is no longer with us (there is a novel by Czech writer Milan Kundera called "Living elsewhere"), so where did it go? What we're looking for is ..............

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