Louis looked at the middle-aged man, and he immediately raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said nothing.

"What makes me so anxious is never the enemy. The King of France said slowly, "Monsieur Spinoza, it was indeed my mistake, but I think you should have figured out what was going on when you came to Florence." "If it were Descartes, or a mathematician, or a doctor, he might not have guessed the king's true intentions, but Spinoza was not so much a philosopher as a psychologist, and his intelligence allowed him to see everything very thoroughly, and it was precisely because he was so thorough that he got that fate.

"I, Your Majesty, I ......" Contrary to the middle-aged man's expectations, Snowbinza did not show any joy at this great opportunity: "In fact, I left Amsterdam at the age of twenty-four and went to The Hague, and then I returned to Amsterdam......"

"It's because when you hear that the French are invading Holland, you have to persuade the parliamentarians and officials to keep them in Amsterdam – whatever you do, if you can keep the French army out of the Dutch hub for a week, even if it's three or five days, things might turn around. Louie said.

Snowbin Sa breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"What does it matter," Louis leaned forward slightly, leaning forward with his cane, not paying the slightest attention to the strange smell coming from Siss, who had not bathed for several days: "If all the Dutchmen who had opposed me were to be executed, then the population of Amsterdam would now be reduced by at least a third," he straightened up: "I am very strict with some, but very tolerant of others, Mr. Sess, you happen to be the latter, I have read your correspondence with Monsieur Descartes, and I am interested in some of your theories." ”

"Did Mr. Descartes show you?"

"How is that possible?" said Louis confidently, "I opened it privately." Little Louis, Siss, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but show a look that was difficult to describe in words.

"You are nothing like the king I imagined you to be. Si Si said.

"How different?"

"I thought you would be tougher. "I fear for my former friends and colleagues, your majesty, the lion will not care about the barking of hyenas, the mountain will not fear the blow of a hurricane, and the more gentle you are, the more complete and tighter your grasp of the Netherlands, and if they are willing to swear allegiance to you, it is a good thing, and if they are still delusional, they will suffer a great defeat." ”

"You may be right," Louis smiled reservedly, and he must admit that he was being complimented just rightly, "but I'd rather be in a comfortable room, leaning back on a soft couch with coffee, lemonade, and cake by his side (both Sisi and the middle-aged man couldn't help but swallow a few times when they said this), and then we talked slowly." He looked at Madame Milady, who waved her hand knowingly, and suddenly felt light, as if embraced by an invisible person, his toes were still touching the ground weakly, but he could no longer feel any weight, his muscles were still tense for a few seconds, but then he relaxed, and gasped for breath.

Sith had heard that the king of France had raised a large group of devilish servants like King Solomon, and he looked at Milady with a puzzled expression, and guessed that she might be a witch, although in Holland, there are many powerful people who can raise witches, but this kind of trade is always carried out in the dark, and Louis XIV casually, as if he was bringing his royal wife, took a witch with him, and even let her perform witchcraft in front of such people, "May I think that you do not change your original mind?" He looked at Louis XIV.

"Why should I change?" said Louis, "your mind has not aged with your age, your will is still strong, I can see in your eyes that there is life in you, you still have what I need, Mr. Szss." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," said Siss, "you are a man of great audacity, and in that case, I may assume that you do not care about my previous crimes."

"Teaching privately?" said Louie, "no, I am asking you to teach at my university." ”

"The Elector of Brandenburg also sent me an invitation to be a professor of philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but on the condition that I never mention anything related to religion, but without religion, human philosophy is like an animal without flesh and bones, with only an empty skin to talk about, so I refused him, Your Majesty, and I still have to say ......"

"You can say whatever you want. Louie said.

"No, no, no, you don't understand," said Siss, agitated, "since you have read my correspondence with Mr. Descartes, and have investigated me, you ought to know how I was expelled from Amsterdam at the age of twenty-three or four." ”

"There is a world of difference between your understanding of God and the understanding of God by others. Louie said. 、

"Aren't you worried, then?" asked Siss.

"Worried about what?"

"The young people of France may also go astray like the young people of Athens. ”

"Here I will say," said Louis, "that you will be lecturing at my university, and before that you will compete with other professors for your time on the basis of your knowledge and ideas—and in my university this is my request, that if your interpretation of God convinces others that they cannot contradict you logically and intellectually, then you are free to preach your theory to young people as you please." ”

"Is that true of all people?"

"Yes. ”

"Then that's fair," said Sis, "I'm forty-five years old, and I'm tired of wandering around and polishing glass lenses, and if you're willing to hire me after hearing about me, I'll go to France." ”

"You don't look like you're forty-five at all. Madame Milady said.

"The loneliness and hard life brought about by the betrayal of relatives and the pain that no one understands will make a person age very quickly. Si Si said.

"Then you wait here for a reply, and I'm sure it'll come soon. Louis nodded, and as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Siss: "If even a sinner like me is willing to forgive, accept, merciful Your Majesty, then would you like to have more than one available?"

"Who?" Louis asked, believing the recommendation of the Szs—these overly wise scholars could not hold vulgar mortals in their eyes, including kings and archdukes, and there must be merit in the people they see, Descartes had recommended him to Sz, and now he wanted to see who Ss was going to recommend to him.

"That's him," he said, "Your Majesty, he's Alexandre Torricelli." ”

"It's a little familiar to me, but I can't remember who he is. Louis said frankly.

"Evangelista Torricali, you should know the name. "He is the adopted son of Evangelista Torricelli, Your Majesty, whose father was the last disciple of Monsieur Galileo, but when he studied with Monsieur Galileo, who was blind and had only three months to live, he and his former student Vivani helped Galileo to complete the final work of the manuscript." ”

He was afraid that Louis XIV would be satisfied with him and would not care about such a small person as Alexander, but without Alexander's shouting, Louis XIV would not have found out that the person he was looking for in the cage was too much, because as soon as he mentioned Galileo, Louis XIV's nerves immediately tensed.

If Louis XIV had any regrets, it was that he was born a little late, many scientists and philosophers died before he could take power, Galileo died when he was only four years old, like Torricelli before him, who also died six years later, and his spies returned in vain, much to the regret of the king - but adopted son?

"You're Torricelli's adopted son?"

"Yes," said the middle-aged man nervously, but it was possible that he wasn't that old - their family couldn't even get close to the cage to feed and drink, and certainly couldn't clean their faces, trim their beards and hair, and look older than they used to be: "I am, yes, yes, yes, Evangelista Torricelli's adopted son...... I'm ......."

"You weren't that nervous when you spoke to Siss just now. Louis said helplessly: "Speak slowly, I listen, I don't have anything important, and I don't feel tired." ”

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If any reader sees this, don't be nervous, I'll replace it in half an hour. There will still be a thousand words to add tomorrow.

Torricelli (Evangelista, 1608-1647) was a well-known scientist in the West in the 17th century. On his 39th birthday, he suddenly fell ill and passed away. But in his short life, he has made outstanding achievements in many aspects and won a high reputation.

Torricelli, a defender of Galileo's doctrine, was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in the Italian city of Huaezza. He received a good education in mathematics from an early age. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, his mathematical prowess was already on the horizon. So when he was twenty years old, his uncle took him to Rome, where he was taught by Galileo's pupil Casdeli. Justelli was a well-known mathematician and hydraulic engineer of his time, who made many achievements in the field of mathematics and established the scientific foundation of hydraulics. Seeing that Torricelli was young and intelligent, and liked him very much, Castelli appointed him as his personal secretary to guide him in his studies.

Torricelli studied Galileo's book "A Dialogue between Two New Sciences" in depth. A lot of inspiration was gained from this for the development of the principles of mechanics. In 1641, Torricelli published On the Motion of Heavy Objects, in which he attempted to draw new conclusions about Galileo's laws of dynamics. During a visit to Galileo, Castelli showed Toritorie's treatises to Galileo and warmly recommended Toritori. After reading Torricelli's treatise, Galileo expressed his admiration for his excellent insights and invited him to serve as an assistant. In 1641, Torricelli traveled to Florence and met with Galileo, who was blind and confined to his hospital bed. During the last three months of his life, Torricelli and his pupil Viviani served as pen reporters for Galileo's dictation, becoming Galileo's last students.

After Galileo's death in 1642, Torricelli succeeded Galileo as professor of physics and mathematics at the Florentine Academy of Sciences and was appointed chief mathematician of the court. Since then, he has the money to do some experimental research, and he can no longer only engage in theoretical exploration as before. Later, Torricelli greatly fleshed out Galileo's "Dialogue between Two New Sciences" in the "fifth and sixth days".

Torricelli lived in Florence for five years until his death. During these more than five years, he conducted a great deal of scientific research, and also became acquainted with the painter Rosa, the ancient Greek civilization scholar Dadi, and the hydraulic engineer Aligeti, and was generally respected by the upper echelons. He has also been invited to give 12 lectures on a wide range of topics, including 6 lectures on physics. These speeches are flawless in terms of language, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and is typical of Italian literature. His speech was also imbued with the fighting spirit of the Renaissance era, attacking the Catholic ideology that did its best to defend the stubborn old forces, and repeatedly hailed Galileo's achievements and defended Galileo's doctrine.

Spinoza's ancestors were Jews living in the town of Espinoza in the province of Sreon, Spain. In 1492, the family fled to Portugal due to religious and ethnic persecution of the Jews by the Spanish government and the Catholic Church. He fled to the Netherlands in 1592. His grandfather, Abraham de Spinoza, was a well-respected Jewish merchant who held important positions in the Amsterdam Jewish Sanhedrin, and his father, Michael de Spinoza, succeeded his father in the import and export trade in Amsterdam, and served as president of the Jewish guild and headmaster of a synagogue school.

Baruch de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a famous Dutch philosopher who was trained in Latin, and it was through Latin that Spinoza gained access to the writings of Descartes and others. Originally Jewish, the Jewish Church was expelled at the age of 24 for its apostasy and lived a hard life in The Hague. He eventually moved out of the ghetto and made a living sharpening lenses while philosophizing. Spinoza has lived a reclusive life ever since. It does not recognize God as the creator of nature, and believes that nature itself is the embodiment of God, and its doctrine is called "Spinoza's God", which has a great influence on the French materialists in the eighteenth century and the German Enlightenment, and also promotes the naturalistic transition from idealism to materialism, religion to science. In 1673 the Elector of Brandenburg invited him to become a professor of philosophy at the University of Heidelberg on the condition that religion not be mentioned, but Spinoza refused and died of tuberculosis at the age of 45.