"There are two main aspects to understanding the world. On the microscopic level, it was people's understanding of their surroundings. For example, the small courtyard in front of the house or the small garden downstairs. As the location of the space shifted, the " surrounding environment " also changed. For example, people crowded in the bus or subway, looking at the scenery outside the glass window and the exchange of people, and so on. They were all worlds, the most fundamental, real, and subjective worlds for humans. Understanding them meant understanding this world. From a macro perspective, understanding the world was the understanding of the network of environments and spaces that people knew or did not know, and even the understanding of the "world" outside this "network". For example, what people saw was a three-dimensional space, the four-dimensional space they were in, and the higher dimensions that they could not understand and recognize. These " worlds " were objective and real. Their understanding of them was also the understanding people had of this world. There were many ways to understand the world. Eyes. As the saying goes," Hearing is false, seeing is believing." Everything had to be seen with one's own eyes to understand. Therefore, the best way to understand the world was to use this pair of eyes to see the world properly. After all, only the eyes and feet could travel to achieve the knowledge of an adventurer. However, this primitive way of observation was indeed not suitable for modern society. People were limited by life and the pressure of survival, and this way of cognition required time. Eyes, this was the best way to understand the world. This was an innate way. Now that it was threatened by extinction, wasn't it sad? It was a story that had been passed down from the older generation for hundreds or even thousands of years. One had to know that this was also a part of understanding the world. What he heard was one of the dimensions of this four-dimensional world-time. Following the axis of time to the left, countless people and their stories were heard. Many years later, you would tell them to others, just like what the old man told you. The newspapers and books were all paper media. Through the paper medium, people would use words and pictures to describe the deeds of various places and print them out. This was the newspaper. On the other hand, books were the accumulation of human knowledge on paper so that people could continue to pass on this knowledge. However, this ancient way of cognition also showed signs of extinction. Online communication. Submarine cables connected people from all over the world, allowing people to communicate freely on this wide platform. However, some governments did not respect people's right to communicate so much. They wanted to use iron walls to seal off their citizens on the Internet and create a domestic network called the " Internet." The world was a big place. All kinds of people and all kinds of things would happen. I think a lot of things are man-made. The human heart was also very unpredictable. In short, one had to live up to the conscience of heaven and earth, be magnanimous, and not be affected by rumors. If he could help others, he would do his best to help them. If he was a good person and did not ask for anything in return, he would be happy and feel that the world was so beautiful! Philosophy began with looking up at the sky.
Everyone would have a moment in their childhood, perhaps on a summer night, when they looked up and suddenly discovered the vast starry sky. At this moment, a mysterious sense of awe would arise in his heart. A huge and hazy question began to knock at his head. What was the world?
This was the moment when the comprehension of philosophy awakened in his heart. Everyone had this kind of perception in their hearts, but not everyone could maintain it. As we grow older, we are increasingly busy with worldly affairs. We go to school, do homework, take exams, and even more so after graduation. We have to support our families, make a fortune, and become famous. How can we have the time to look at the sky and think about those "useless" questions? Therefore, life became busier and busier, the world became more and more noisy, and philosophers became fewer and fewer.
Of course, for most people, this was a last resort, and there was nothing to blame. However, if you were really interested in philosophy, then you'd better save some of your spare time watching TV and playing video games. Go out into the wild or at least outdoors and quietly look at the sky, clouds, and starry night sky for a while. One thing I dare say for sure is that it is impossible for a man who is indifferent to the mysteries of nature to truly understand philosophy.
There was a widely circulated story about the earliest Greek philosopher, Thales. Once, he was walking on the road and looked up at the stars in the sky. He was so fascinated that he accidentally fell into a well by the roadside. A girl saw this scene and laughed at him for only looking at the sky and forgetting the things on the ground. The girl's mockery might not be without reason, but Thales would certainly answer her that in the infinite universe, the range of human activities was so small that it was even more ridiculous to be busy with trivial matters on the ground and forget to look at the sky.
It was probably no coincidence that several ancient Greek philosophers, including Thales, were also astrologers. The German philosopher Kant said that the two most amazing and awe-inspiring things in the world were the starry sky above and the moral law in the heart. The earliest philosophers of the Celestial Empire, Confucius, Mozi, Laozi, and Mencius, had also pondered and probed into the principles of Heaven. The earth had experienced vicissitudes of life, and generations of humans had been replaced. However, the heavens remained the same throughout the ages, silently covering the living space of humans, setting off the limits of human existence and the shortness of life. Did its silence contain some kind of unfathomable meaning? Was it the residence of God or the material nature? Looking up at the sky, people could not help but be shocked by the eternity of time and the infinity of space. Therefore, they asked a philosophical question, What was this endless world?
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