"Cynical philosophical school?" the clown whispered.

Unfazed, Richard continued: "The people of the Cynical school of philosophy believe that true happiness is not based on external things, such as abundant material things, noble status, or strong bodies.

The truly happy one does not rely on fleeting things, and pays more attention to inner satisfaction. Man's desires are obviously endless, and following desires will only lead to suffering. Only by stopping in moderation, controlling desires, and discarding the pursuit of material things, can we achieve happiness and joy, just like children.

And Diogenis, of whom I spoke at the beginning, took this to the extreme, and it is said that he lived in a barrel, and all his possessions were except a cloak, a stick, and a loaf of bread, but he was extremely happy and had no desires.

There is a story about him that one day he was sitting by a barrel basking in the sun when the king of his country, 'Alexander', came to see him and told him that 'whatever he wanted, he could be satisfied'. He looked at the king and said earnestly, 'Please go away from me and let me bask in the sun, thank you.'" ”

When Richard's words were finished, the Joker fell into a long deep contemplation, apparently surprised by what Richard said, and Richard's words touched him deeply. It took a long time for the clown to speak, and said to Richard, "So, what do you think of this...... Deoquinis, right or wrong?"

"My opinion doesn't matter. "But there are many people who have a different view from Dioquinus, such as Epicurus. ”

"Epicurus?" the clown had apparently never heard of such a name.

"Yes, Epicurus. Richard nodded, and said, "This man is the founder of the 'Epicurean School of Philosophy.'"

In the Epicurean school of philosophy, all believed that happiness could be obtained through external objects. They don't think of happiness as special, on the contrary, they think that happiness is broad – eating delicious food is happiness, bathing comfortably is happiness, spending a night with a lover is happiness, buying what they want is happiness, and constantly doing things to achieve something is also happiness.

In other words, the happiness of the flesh is the happiness of the soul. The only place where the happiness of the mind is higher than the pleasure of the flesh is that one can learn to see pleasure without looking at pain;

The view of the 'cynical school of philosophy' was completely disagreed with by the Epicurean school of philosophy. In their view, giving up the happiness that is readily available for the sake of happiness is putting the cart before the horse.

They believe that if you want to be happy, you have to chase it. Happiness should be positive, not negative, and the more happiness you want, the harder you have to try. In the process of effort, giving up short-term happiness in favor of larger, more lasting or more intense happiness is to sublimate happiness. In this way, life will not be disappointed and the meaning of life will be realized. They famously said, 'God is not afraid, death is not sorrowful, suffering is enduring, happiness is easy to seek.' ”

Richard stopped, and the clown fell into deep thought again, and whispered: "God is not enough to fear, death is not enough to worry, calamity is easy to endure, and happiness is easy to seek?"

This time the clown was silent for a longer time than the last time, and only looked up at Richard for most of the hour: "So, passer-by, you are inclined to this idea of the 'Epicurean school of philosophy'." ”

"Not really. "There are many schools of philosophy, whether it's the 'Cynic school' or the 'Epicurean school', I don't like it very much. If I had to choose, I'd rather choose the rest, such as mysticism. ”

"Who started this school of mysticism?" asked the Joker.

"Well, there's really no clear founder of the mystic genre, it's generally considered to be a hybrid genre. In this school, many people believe that happiness cannot be obtained from external objects, nor can it be obtained from the heart, and even if it is obtained, it is all false and not true happiness. Only by experiencing the larger self can we be truly happy.

The so-called greater self can be interpreted as 'heaven and earth', 'nature', 'world', 'universe', and of course 'Tao'.

People of this school of thought believe that each of us is humble, small, and meaningless. Only by trying to find your big self and blend in with it can you find meaning.

In the process of merging, we lose our small 'self', just like a drop of water melts into the ocean, and the drop disappears. But disappearance is not the end, but the beginning, and the droplets become part of the ocean. At that time, the small will become great, and eternal and ultimate happiness will come. ”

"Water droplets melt into the ocean, small becomes great, ultimate happiness comes?" the clown said, his voice slightly shocked, obviously he had never heard Richard say this kind of thought, and he was very shocked.

After a long time, the clown looked at Richard seriously and asked, "Is that why you do anything, in order to find the existence of a larger self, to try to merge with it, and then go to that greatness?"

Richard shook his head and said solemnly, "Actually, no, Mr. Clown." The reason why I do things can be said to be very simple, but it can also be said to be very complex. If we really want to explore the source, then we need to explore many philosophical schools.

From the first schools of primitive philosophy, to the Socratic schools, to the Platonic schools, then to the Cynics, the Epicureans, and the mystical schools that we have just mentioned, then to the Neoplatonic schools, the humanist schools, the rationalist schools, the materialist schools, the empiricist schools, the agnostic schools, and so on and so forth.

After talking about this, maybe there will be an answer. ”

The clown froze, looking at Richard for a while, not knowing how to talk.

Then Richard spoke up and asked, "Mr. Clown, are you sure you really want to discuss it with me now?"

This!

The clown looked at Richard, his eyes under the mask showed a very strange gaze, and the next moment he said a little abruptly: "It should be almost my performance time again, I'll leave first, let's ...... We'll talk again when we have time. ”

With that, the clown turned around and left.

Richard watched the clown leave, then turned around, and unsurprisingly saw the familiar white crow on a roof next to the square. The next moment, the hand was raised suddenly, and a piece of cold ice had already condensed, and one by one the fragments quickly peeled off from the cold ice, and quickly hit the white crow, like an arrow.

Plastic-like Water Ice Branch Spells, Zero Ring High-Level, Ice Shards!

Sensing the danger, the white crow flies quickly, dodging the attack, and then flying high and far.

This did not surprise Richard, but looking at the white crow's slightly embarrassed appearance, Richard squinted his eyes and said: "Whether it is good or malicious, I will not cooperate obediently, after all...... I have my own thoughts, I hope you will pay attention!"