Chapter 253: Considerations for Philosophy Courses
Ren Feng laughed, "It does cost a lot of money, but no matter how valuable these trees are, they can't compare to you." ”
The students laughed too.
The speed of the bus slowed down, and it seemed that it was about to stop, and at this time, there were already buildings in front of it.
It was three large pillars that had been erected tall and majestic, and the three large pillars were connected to each other, and above the pillars, there were four large characters carved with the pen and the dragon and snake.
"Oh my God, is this the gate to our school?"
Many students were amazed.
"It's spectacular!"
The bus passed through the middle of a pillar, and the front instantly opened its eyes, and in front of it, there was a circular square, and in the middle of the square, there was a fountain pool, and in the middle of the pool, there was a sculpture.
Many students looked at the sculpture, and they only thought it was very strange, because the statue was a man, with his legs together, his whole body muscles contracting, his left hand supported on his thigh, clenched into a fist, and at the same time, the fist was against his chin, as if he was contemplating.
"Headmaster, what's that?"
A student asked, pointing to the sculpture.
When Ren Feng saw the sculpture, he couldn't help but smile: "That sculpture, the name is Thinker, do you look at him, doesn't he look like he is contemplating?"
"Really, but Headmaster, why does the sculptural man's face look so painful?"
"For all thinking is painful, and thinking before the truth is, to a certain extent, against instinct, and most people do not avoid this instinct, and only those who overcome this instinct can reach the truth. ”
The student was confused when he listened, Ren Feng continued to laugh: "In fact, this is going to talk about human instinct, what is human instinct, human instinct is to enjoy relaxation and happiness, but thinking behavior, including learning, is actually very painful, I will make a simple analogy, when a white-collar worker after a day of fatigue, he knows that free time is very important, to enrich himself and improve himself, but most people, but most people, but choose to rest games to kill this part of the time, because they are too tired, they can not overcome this fatigue." ”
Ren Feng paused, "Of course, in fact, every time I see this statue, I think of another sentence, 'When humans think, God laughs'." ”
"What does that mean, Headmaster?" asked one of the students, confused.
Here God actually refers to absolute truth, and human thinking is relative truth, and relative truth is always approaching absolute truth, but due to the limitations of human beings themselves and the times, absolute truth cannot be derived. ”
"Hey, master, look at the students' faces, do they understand?" Su Xuan on the side said angrily.
Ren Feng laughed: "Okay, let's not talk about it, it's actually a bit like the category of philosophy, when the time comes, after the philosophy course is opened, let the philosophy teacher teach you." ”
Some of the students were secretly speechless that they really didn't understand it just now.
However, at this time, Ren Feng was also thinking about it, the course of philosophy is still necessary, in fact, the role of philosophy is far greater than imagined.
For individuals, not to mention the three ultimate core questions of philosophy, if it can help thinking, then it will be of great help to life, and if you look at it from a broader perspective, philosophy is actually very important.
Take two objects as an example, one is China and the other is the West, what is Chinese philosophy, it is actually the relationship between people and society, with society as the starting point and ethics as the core method.
Chinese philosophy is not concerned with the problems of nature, it exists in a hidden characteristic pragmatism, so thousands of years of continuous development, such as inventions and creations, such as the idea of kings, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons, are all derivatives of this root philosophical thought.
As for the West, Western philosophy is mainly about the relationship between man and nature, close to science, so its philosophy is different from China, and after a long period of development, it is the birth of the Enlightenment and liberalism.
It can be seen that the importance of philosophy is always silent.
Ren Feng is also thinking about how to take out the philosophy course, and the professional setting of his school curriculum, which must be different from other schools.
Philosophy is important because it involves ideas, but to say that philosophy as a profession is an absolute failure.
Why?
Because in today's colleges and universities, majors are linked to employment, and if you study a philosophy major, the competitiveness is too weak, which is why philosophy majors are very unpopular in recent years.
The current situation in this world is also like this, and there are only a few first-class universities offering philosophy majors, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, which are universities in the world, but even so, what is the unpopular philosophy major?
When Ren Feng went to the imperial capital last time, he also specially checked the enrollment situation of Peking University, well, the number of students enrolled in philosophy is ten.
But the actual situation is that the number of people in the Department of Philosophy of Peking University last year was only one, and the year before last, there was no one.
The most unpopular, there is no one, not even archaeology.
This is a helpless thing, now that everyone goes to college, to put it bluntly, they are all running for money, what major makes money, naturally what is popular, which is also one of the drawbacks.
Therefore, if you want to take out philosophy, this professional discipline must not be like other majors, because if a major is opened, Ren Feng can basically foresee the bleakness of this major.
But what if you want students to take a philosophy course?
Ren Feng was thinking about this matter quickly in his mind, and at this time, the students in the bus exclaimed again.
Ren Feng looked up, the scenery on both sides of the surrounding was already the situation in the school, in the campus, the grass beside the road on the left and right sides was full of flowers, the construction was smooth, and they even saw several butterflies playing among the flowers.
The trees are lush and green, and there is a deep path down the fallen leaves, and there is a crystal clear stream flowing down, and not far away are the bare roots, and there are stools carved out of imitation trees.
And those tree trunks are very clean, and it doesn't matter if you lean on them.
At this moment, from the grass on the side, a white fluffy hare sprang out, jumped for a while, and then stopped quietly.
"Oh my God, and the hare!"
Some of the students exclaimed.
"Where, where?"
The students were all staring out the window, their faces full of surprise.
This kind of environment is really like a fairyland, which is beyond the countryside, because this Mingxiu Scenic Area, because of the underground environment, the temperature is basically better than other places in Yuezhou City, warm in winter and cool in summer, close to constant temperature.