Su Ye sighed and said half-jokingly: "Fortunately, I was mentally prepared, otherwise I would have hidden my face now." If I'm right, your magical talent should be stronger than yours. ”

"I could have been promoted to bronze a long time ago, but my heart was filled with countless doubts, I didn't know if my path was right or wrong, and I was afraid that I would become like those Miletus mages, and finally learn endless knowledge, but I would always stay in the Sanctuary and not be able to witness the legend. I came to you to understand what was inside Plato's Academy, to learn the nature of magic. Clemela said.

"If what you're looking for is the essence of magic, I can't say you're wrong, I can only say that I'm also seeking, and we're like-minded people in this regard. Even the legendary masters may not understand the nature of magic. In other words, magicians spend thousands of years and tens of thousands of years to pursue, but they may only get close to the essence, but cannot reach the essence. Su Ye said.

"I can give it a try." The girl's eyes brightened again.

"Okay, I like your courage, let's try together."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Su Ye said: "With your talent and family background, it is easy to enter the Platonic Academy to study, I wish you to become a student of the Plato Academy, Klemela Student." ”

"Senior sister? I like that title. Clemela laughed happily.

"Since you want to be a student of Plato's Academy, then, on behalf of the teachers of Plato's Academy, I will ask you a question that every second-year freshman needs to answer, now put your hand on the magic book, and after I ask the question, you have to write down the first thought that comes to your mind, remember, it must be written in three seconds. If you can't write it, I'll stop the course. ”

"Okay."

"The question is, what would you do if Master Plato found you and ordered you to climb Mount Olympus? One...... 2. ......"

Clemela was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a second, and wrote a word in the spellbook.

“…… Three! Tell me what your first thought was. Su Ye said.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Klimela's eyes, and she said, "I have a more offensive question in my head, can I change it?" ”

"If you are in school, you can change the other to cover up your true intentions, but there are only two people here, you and I here, you can speak boldly."

"Good. My first thought at the time was, to ask Master Plato why he gave this order. Clemera stared into Su Ye's eyes.

Su Ye showed a pleased smile and said, "You are a very good child, and asking questions without asking questions is worthless." So, I personally ask you a question, what else do you want to learn from me other than the essence of magic that I can't teach? ”

Klimela's eyes drooped slightly, and after a while, she raised her head, her eyes were like stars, and her skin was shining, and she said, "I want to be ignited." ”

Su Ye stared at the eye of the pink diamond and was silent.

Clemela is talking about Socrates' famous quote.

Education is not indoctrination, but ignition of a fire.

"The magic teachers before me, or almost all the other teachers, were instilling knowledge, they were teachers, they were kind, they were knowledgeable, they had a lot of experience, they had great abilities in their field. But, let me tell you a truth that may be harsh, they are not educators, not even qualified educators. But I know that Master Socrates is an excellent educator, Master Plato is an excellent educator, and I also believe that there must be other excellent educators in Plato's Academy. ”

"Are you really only twelve?" Su Ye asked with a smile.

"I'm more ignorant than my peers." Clemela smiled slightly, her eyes flashing with indescribable happiness.

"Yes, we will always feel ignorant and even more ignorant."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Su Ye picked up the magic quill that matched the magic blackboard, walked to the blackboard, looked into Clemela's eyes, and said, "I can't teach you the nature of magic, and I won't even be a qualified educator." In this first lesson, I don't teach you magic, I don't teach you language, I don't teach you words, I don't teach you phonetic transcription, I don't teach you anything that you can learn directly in school, and even no teacher has ever taught me. ”

Celeera instinctively straightened up, her eyes brighter.

Su Ye wrote on the magic blackboard.

"I'm a cranky person, so I have a lot of questions in my head. It wasn't until I entered Plato's Academy that I slowly learned a lot of things, but it wasn't enough. In the first grade, I was in a state of confusion and I had no idea what to do. It wasn't until a while ago that I suddenly realized a concept, I don't remember if I heard a similar concept from someone in Lion Harbor or read it in a book, but this concept, this word, is something I can share with you in this class, and it is something that I think every child should learn from an early age...... Not knowledge, but thinking. ”

Su Ye meditated in his heart, Aristotle, I don't know if you have completed "Metaphysics" now, and whether you have put forward the concept that will be passed on to future generations, but in order to suppress this demonic student, you can only use your big killing weapon.

Su Ye pointed to the word with a magic pen.

Clemela's eyes widened.

"First Principles!"

"So, what is first principles? To put it simply, in every domain or system, there is a first principle, which is a proposition or hypothesis that cannot be deleted or omitted or violated. This kind of first principle is the law of the law, the method of the method, the cognition of cognition, the thinking of thinking, once you comprehend the first principle in a certain field and practice it repeatedly, then everything you do in this field is like ...... Standing on the roof and pouring water down, it leaks down, like a knife splitting a section of bamboo, unstoppable. ”

Of course, this is a narrow interpretation, because it is too absolute to explain it in simple terms. As we said before, it's hard to find the essence of magic, and the essence of magic is a kind of first principles. ”

"Hard first principles exist only in some disciplines of truth. Subjects like philosophy, mathematics, geometry, botany, history, etc. ”

"In geometry, for example, we can assume a common assumption, or call it an axiom of plane geometry, such as 'there is only one straight line after two points,' and another explanation of this geometric axiom is that two points determine a straight line. In the realm of plane geometry, we cannot overturn this axiom, which is a first principle in plane geometry. The example I gave you would think was very simple, and even think that it was like this, even a fool would know it, right? Su Ye asked.

Clemera nodded sincerely.

"You may think it's simple, even useless, but great discipline and magic are built on these seemingly simple and useless things. Because with this seemingly simple and useless axiom, it is possible to derive theorems that seem to be useless, but the combination of these useless theories will form a huge force and promote the development of mankind at an incredible speed. ”

Su Ye hesitated for a moment and did not say anything deeper.

"I don't know much because I've also studied geometry, but I don't understand what an axiom or a hypothesis or a theorem is." Clemela furrowed her eyebrows slightly.

Su Ye thought to himself that although some theories have been proposed, which can be regarded as axioms or theorems, the strict definition of words such as "axioms" or "theorems" has not been clearly put forward at present, and it will not be completed until Aristotle and Euclid are born.

And now, both Aristotle and Euclid are too young.

The current Pythagorean geometry can only be regarded as a geometric theory, barely a generalized geometry, and Euclid's "Geometry Primitive" is geometry in the true sense.

Su Ye smiled: "These are all great knowledge, we will talk about it slowly in the future, but here, it is just an example." Since geometry is difficult to understand, let's look at an easy-to-understand example from magic. Master Democritus, the 'Smiling Legend', and his teacher Leuchipb put forward the famous 'Atomic Theory', in which he believed that all things are made up of an indivisible smallest thing, which he could not determine what it was, but named his smallest thing 'atom'. Regardless of whether this atomism itself is right or wrong, we will find that all the understanding, behavior, and thinking of legendary magic by this legendary master are based on this 'atomic theory', and he firmly believes that all magic and all matter are made up of one atom. And the atomic theory became the foundation of his promotion to legend, this thing, right? ”

Clemela nodded, "Yes, it's right, his old man himself said that his magical achievements are based on atomism." ”

"So, in his eyes, the essence of magic is 'atomism', and atomism is the first principle of the magic field that he 'thinks', can you understand this?" Su Ye asked.

"I can understand the superficial meaning." Clemela looked at Su Ye with a hint of solemnity and solemnity in her eyes.

Su Ye continued: "I'll take myself as an example, and you'll understand better." When I was studying magic, I was always looking for a 'first principles of magician combat'. I thought at that time, when I was fighting, I should not fight indiscriminately, I could not fight only by instinct, I should find the most basic, the most essential, the most solid, and the most suitable supreme method for me, use this method to guide my battle, and try to ensure that this supreme method is suitable for any battle. ”

"I thought about it, it can't be. Because there are countless possibilities, and no one method can be applied to any battle, and if you pursue one method that works for all battles, you will definitely encounter surprises. Clemela said firmly.

However, in the next moment, Clemela's face was slightly red, and her pink eyes were rippling with a light color, and she hurriedly said, "I'm sorry teacher, I shouldn't talk nonsense." ”

Su Ye praised: "You did a good job!" That's the way I like to see it, that's what you can do and what you want to share, and that's what you have to keep going in the future. And, you're right. I had the same idea as you at first, because I realized that fighting the Ice Wolf requires a different method, fighting a Demon Bull requires another method, fighting a warrior requires a different method, and fighting another warrior of the same rank may have to change a method. So, I thought about it, and suddenly the question came to me: 'Why do I have to use this method when I am fighting, is there any supreme method outside of or before fighting that can help me win?' ’”

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