Chapter 362: Terrible Thoughts
The charm of "Sophie's World" is actually the charm of the history of philosophy. In Sophie's World, a brief and systematic exposition of the history of Western philosophy provides readers with a general description of the development of philosophy.
But if it is only the charm of the history of philosophy, and it obliterates the credit of the author, after all, the history of philosophy is there, and since it has charm, why were not so many people interested in the history of philosophy before this book?
Therefore, the charm of this book lies in the author's ability to bring people into the entire systematic process of the history of Western philosophy through simple words, so that readers can follow Sophie and them to understand slowly, rather than using obscure language to select a single character at a time node to introduce.
Just like the popular history fever caused by Mingyue's "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" when it came out, "Sophie's World" also triggered a popular philosophical fever.
However, "Sophie's World" is obviously a little cheaper in terms of subject matter, and philosophy is a problem that everyone will pay attention to, and may encounter in daily life. But history is different, not so many people will pay attention to it, let alone the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the audience is very limited.
At first, Yu Hai was a little skeptical about the book's acceptance among the general readership, and suspected that it would run into Waterloo in the market. But soon, this doubt was put behind him, and as Wang Lijian said, a few chapters alone cannot judge a book, even its commerciality.
As the plot develops, Sophie's philosophy course progresses, and Yu Hai finally realizes the charm of the book. Suddenly, like a student, he slowly experienced the philosophical theories that he thought were boring, but which made him think to be thought-provoking.
Cannot help doing something!
Yes, I just can't stop it.
Before leaving Wang's office, he would never have imagined that he would be so interested in the book, just as he would never have imagined that he would be so interested in the history of Western philosophy.
However, in addition to the history of philosophy, there are some other things that make Yu Hai scratch his ears and cheeks. As the story progresses, Sophie's philosophy teacher becomes more and more mysterious, as well as the dog named Fugui, who is as smart as a human being.
Until now, Yu Hai only knew that this philosopher teacher was called "Ai Lan", a short, middle-aged man with a neat and clean beard and a certain blue flat hat.
The most amazing thing is that this Alain actually went to Athens more than 2,000 years ago, and also found Socrates and Plato.
Is there still a fantasy flavor to this book?
There are many things he doesn't understand, such as who that "Chen Ying" is, a girl as old as Sophie, whose birthday is only a month away, and her name always appears.
The whole book is still full of suspense, and there are many questions that Yu Hai can't figure out and urgently need to be revealed.
Yu Hai's assistant Xiao Xia didn't see him for an afternoon, which is a rare occurrence, under normal circumstances, Yu Hai would always walk out of his office and go around the office area to see the work progress of his colleagues.
But this afternoon is different, since Yu Hai entered his office, he has not come out again.
When it was time to get off work, there were some documents in the club that Yu Hai wanted to deal with personally, so he knocked on the door of Yu Hai's office.
At this time, Yu Haizheng saw the key part, heard a knock on the door, and said without raising his head: "Come in." ”
Xiao Xia walked in and saw Yu Hai staring at the computer screen intently, he put the documents on the desk, "Mr. Yu, there is a contract for you to look at." ”
Yu Hai frowned, picked up the document and looked at it, it was a very ordinary contract, so he signed it casually.
"Well, it's signed. ”
Xiao Xia was a little surprised, because Yu Hai had never treated his work so sloppily. What the hell is he looking at? So much so that he even puts his work aside?
I wanted to ask, but seeing Yu Hai's state, he still held back his curiosity and turned around and walked out of the office.
After a while, it was time to get off work, but many colleagues in the club were still on the lights in the office of Simple Yuhai, so they endured it and did not leave early.
As for Yu Hai, at this time, he was seeing the picture of Bai Kelai, and when he saw the paragraph of "Chen Ying woke up", his eyes lit up, and it seemed that the answer to everything was about to be revealed at this time.
Before that, he didn't understand when he saw Ai Lan tell Sophie that Chen Ying's father, Zhuang Yan, was the god of their world.
At the same time, he couldn't help but smile playfully, Zhuang Yan, this guy, actually wrote himself into the book and became a "god".
After that, Yu Hai finally understood everything.
It turned out that Sophie and Ai Lan were just gifts from Chen Ying's father to Chen Ying, and Sophie and them were just characters in a book written by Chen Ying's father.
And all the previous contents were written in the book written by Chen Ying's father Zhuang Yan, including Sophie and Ai Lan, who realized that Zhuang Yan was their God, and these were all written by Chen Ying's father Zhuang Yan.
That's meta-narrative!
The book that Chen Ying's father prepared for his daughter's birthday is also called "Sophie's World".
Suffice it to say that what precedes this chapter is what is in Sophie's World.
At this time, he jumped out of the book "Sophie's World" and began Chen Ying's story.
What a wonderful idea, what a novel technique, this form of a book, Yu Hai is still the first time to see it, and what is even more surprising is that from this time on, through the "Sophie's World" in the book "Sophie's World", it seems to reveal the theme of the book: I think, therefore I am.
Will the two worlds overlap, and will Sophie always exist only in the world of books?
It seems impossible to overlap, because all the previous magic, including Ai Lan taking Sophie to the Middle Ages and to the Renaissance, these things are just fantasy stories written by Chen Ying's father.
Yu Hai couldn't help laughing, he had read it for a long time, and it turned out that it was just a book written by the characters in the book.
He suddenly had a terrible thought, is his world also a book written by somebody? Now he is sitting in his office and reading "Sophie's World" for an afternoon, or rather, "Sophie's World" in "Sophie's World" for an afternoon.
Could it be that there is such a book, called "Yu Hai's World", and all his actions are controlled by that author, including the fact that he is reading this "Sophie's World" here.
It's a terrible thought, because if that's the case, he, like Sophie, doesn't exist.