If you think about it carefully, this setting seems quite interesting. Although it cannot be put forward as a historical argument, some scripts can be written. I guess the Greeks would like this type of tragic heroic story very much...
"But having said that, we probably can't get a 'correct' conclusion on this topic." Guo Kang thought for a while and said, "Because we don't even know whether such a correct conclusion exists."
"Theoretically, the people of the Central Plains are too pragmatic, which will indeed affect the development of philosophy. Moreover, there is another important issue, that is, the 'history' of the Central Plains also plays the role of 'classics'."
"With the gradual fading of ancient witchcraft, history has essentially become the common belief of the Chinese people, partially replacing the function of religion. As one of the differentiated roles of wizards, the historian has actually become a 'realistic wizard' . But changes in this area have also caused the Central Plains people’s beliefs to be too practical.”
"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhu Wenkui said in surprise.
"Yes and no." Guo Kang shook his head: "Theological research can go from nothing to nothing. In theory, only a few conclusions that everyone recognizes can be used to derive a whole set of conclusions. The most typical one is the Proof of the existence of Heavenly Father. Just ask your sister, this is what she told me at the time."
"Is there such a saying?" Zhu Wenkui asked curiously.
"Didn't I tell you, and more than once, right?" Little Jeanne questioned: "Have you never read Dr. Angel's book?"
"Who is that?" Zhu Wenkui still looked confused.
"Thomas Aquinas." Guo Kang knew better than him and reminded him.
"Ah, there are so many nicknames, I can't even remember them..." Zhu Wenkui said awkwardly.
Hearing this, Guo Kang nodded to express his understanding.
These days, famous theologians have fixed nicknames, and they are generally very... middle-class.
In addition to Aquinas, who is called Dr. Angel, there is also Bonaventura, who is called "Dr. Seraphim". People who don't know may think that this is Aquinas and Pokemon, who have performed some kind of super. The result of evolution.
In comparison, Albert the Great, who is called "Doctor Omniscient", Anthony who is called "Doctor Evangelist" and "Haul of Heresy" are already relatively normal, at least they can be seen to be religious-related names.
In addition, there are a large number of characters such as "The Invincible Doctor" William of Occam, "Doctor Strange" Rogier Bacon, "Doctor Love" Bernardo, etc.
These titles or nicknames are generally exclusive and belong to a special honor. Knowledgeable people will know who they are as long as they mention this type of honorific. But to people who don’t understand, it sounds like they may not know what these people do…
"You'd better say your name directly." Guo Kang told little Jeanne: "It's good if we can remember the name..."
"Okay..." Little Jeanne could only nod: "To put it simply, the reason why this person has a high status in the church is because he created a new way to prove the existence of Heavenly Father."
"Can this still be proven?" Zhu Wenkui asked.
"Theologians study this. Before him, someone had already demonstrated the existence of the Heavenly Father from a conceptual analysis level, but he believed that that method was not perfect enough, so he proposed a logical analysis method." Little Jeanne told him : "If you ask me, you'd better go and take a look."
"The research direction of many philosophers and theologians is to conduct various analyzes of words through language - 'Logos' means language, and there is logos in words. The scriptures also say, 'In the beginning there was a word, Words are with God, words are God.’ The same concept is evident here.”
"But Chinese doesn't have such a complicated case, so it also lacks a variety of changes and analysis methods based on it, and it's even difficult to translate and understand. I think it's better to learn a little bit from other directions."
"Compared with various previous arguments, Aquinas's analysis method is much more concise and clear, and is easier to understand even for Easterners."
"Chinese is really not conducive to studying philosophy..." Zhu Wenkui muttered.
"It's not a system in the first place. The gap between our civilizations is too big." Guo Kang shook his head.
“During the Pharaohs’ era, the Egyptians were able to import spices and fabrics from India, as well as tin ore from England and Spain. This route can be traced back to two thousand years before the Era of Heaven. At the same time, Mesopotamia People can also get tin from Afghanistan and import copper from the Red Sea to East Africa.”
"As early as the Ptolemaic Dynasty, it was possible to establish diplomacy with the Maurya Dynasty and set up permanent ambassadors. Later, at the banquets of Western European nobles, Indian circuses could also be invited to perform elephant performances. It can be said that from India to Ireland is actually a whole. Their connection is actually very close."
"On the contrary, it is very difficult to cross Central Asia. The most difficult road in Asia and Europe is here. Even Alexander could not pass through this area."
"The same goes for the south. Indians began to spread to the Southeast Asia very early. The areas south and west of what is now Cochin are deeply influenced by Indian culture. The kings of Khmer and Siam were even proud of their high-class Indian ancestry. We regard it as one of the bases of legitimacy. But we stopped here and never continued to move eastward."
"We can draw a line from the storm-prone South China Sea, through the rainforest west of Cochin, the plateau east of Tianzhu, and the desert in central Asia. This line separates the civilizations on both sides. I think it is this kind of geography Isolation has resulted in the formation of two vastly different civilizational groups.”
"Group? Why do I feel that there is a countless civilization to the east of this line, and the others are all derivatives of it..." little Jeanne complained.
"Because they were a group from the beginning." Guo Kang argued: "'Central Plains Civilization' is a concept summarized by later generations. In fact, there were many different civilizations in this place, but they were all destroyed later, and there was no such thing in the west. It’s just luck.”
"If you think about it, if Khusrau really succeeded in annexing Rome and stabilized the Kushan land, then in a few hundred years there will probably be only one left in the west. This kind of thing is not impossible, but this It’s too late, it’s just that I haven’t practiced it yet.”
"That means that the civilization here is not unified, and it's all because the Persians were too bad at fighting." Zhu Wenkui concluded: "I feel that in the classical era, they were the most capable of this."
"You'd better stop talking next time." Little Jeanne decided to stop him.
(End of chapter)
