A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 159: The magician’s speculation
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Felix is walking on the streets of Paris, a few hundred meters ahead is the south bank of the Seine River, along which are various well-decorated storefronts, many of which are full of exotic styles.
For example, in a paper cutting shop, there are all kinds of paper decorations at the door, ranging from small colorful animals to exquisite and complicated interior decorations, which look dazzling.
The owner, a young woman with a colorful headdress, enthusiastically sells Felix when he walks in.
Finally, Felix picked out a colorful pinwheel that he could hold in his hand.
There is still a week before the official start of the meeting, and Felix has played hard for two days. From the Musée d'Orsay, to the Louvre, and then to the world-famous Notre Dame Cathedral, he regards himself as a pure tourist, enjoying the local customs and exquisite cuisine of Paris.
After all, in the note to the French Ministry of Magic, his scheduled trip was to arrive in Paris in three days.
On a gorgeous street, the crowds are raging, tourists from all over the world gather together, and you can see the landmark Eiffel Tower in the seventh district of France when you look up.
A young couple is holding a child with half an ice cream in their hands.
"Mom, mom, I want flowers, I want flowers." The little boy pointed not far away.
The couple looked over according to the guide, about ten meters away from them, seven or eight children and their families surrounded a young man, he looked very handsome, slender, with a gentle smile on his face smile.
Black hair and light blue eyes, like the clear sky, give people a sense of purity.
Felix put his left hand behind his back and snapped his fingers lightly with his right hand. A bright yellow tulip suddenly appeared in his hand, and he handed it to a child in front of him.
"A street magician," said the boy's father.
"It looks good." The child's mother stared at Felix's hand, not seeing any flaws.
The couple walked over with their children, and Felix showed everyone his empty hands, which were empty except for an emerald ring on his left hand.
Under the gaze full of inquiry, he clasped his hands together in a prayer gesture, and there was a "twittering" cry from his closed hands.
"Wow!"
Several children grew their mouths exaggeratedly, and even their parents showed incredible expressions.
Felix slowly spread out his palm, it was a bird with colorful feathers. The little bird turned its neck flexibly and looked around fearlessly. Its small black eyes made people feel affectionate.
The little bird combed its feathers on its own, and when a child tried to touch it, it flapped its wings and flew away.
Everyone raised their heads and followed its flight path until it disappeared into the sky.
Felix saluted, declined some coins and banknotes, and left lightly.
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In Paris University, Felix roamed around the famous French institutions of higher learning, where the picturesque scenery, many peers sat leisurely on the lawn, chatting freely.
A pair of young girls looked at him curiously, and a student with grape purple hair whispered to the girl next to him, "Look, that guy is very handsome, which college student is he from?"
Her friend said in a positive tone: "It's definitely not from our school."
"So maybe it's from another school, or a tourist?"
"You can ask him."
"Why not?" The purple-haired girl stood up, walked to Felix, and said in lazy French, "Hi, I'm Amandina Zoe."
Felix turned his head and said gently: "Hello, Miss Zoe, you can call me Felix, Felix Hemp."
Zoe froze for a moment and said, "Your eyes are beautiful, and you can call me Amandina."
"Okay, Amandine."
This girl named "Amandina" is very talkative, warm and cheerful, and she acts as a guide, introducing Felix to her university.
"This is the history teaching building... here is the humanities... Oh, I remembered, today there is an open class by a very famous professor of philosophy!"
Amandina's eyes widened, her expression was very hesitant, as if she was constantly weighing between Felix and the open class.
"May I go and have a look?" Felix said with a smile.
"Of course, I thought you wouldn't like philosophy." She breathed a long sigh of relief.
"I really don't know much about it, but it's good to listen to once in a while."
Amandina led Felix into a spacious classroom, and saw her friend looking at her angrily from the corner of her vision, she smiled sarcastically, and pulled Felix to sit down.
The public class started soon, the light in the big classroom dimmed, and a beam of light was cast in the center.
A middle-aged man dressed rigorously and formally stood on the podium, his eyes were deep, and his tone was unhurried: "What is existence? What is the meaning of human existence?"
"Before you were born, we experienced an age of wavering faith. In Nietzsche's words, we never realized clearly that 'God is dead'."
"We have experienced a change of thinking. The war made us think about the meaning of life, starting with Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky, reaching its peak during the period of Sartre and Camus after World War II, until now Fades silently."
"Someone invented the term existentialism, but existentialism cannot be regarded as a systematic philosophical category. Without the discipline of existential philosophy, it is at most a label."
"Share with you some common thinking about 'existence'"
"Like, you are the result of your choices."
"For another example, time is the only measure of existence."
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“Many people think that existentialism was born in the cafes on the left bank of Paris, as a product of the imagination of a group of decadent people, but this is a completely stereotyped impression, and many people are silently practicing certain commendable existential views. "
"Suffering and predicament make people despair, despair makes people think about the meaning of existence, and thinking brings new life."
Unknowingly, two hours have passed.
A student raised his hand and asked: "Under normal circumstances, we don't think about the meaning of 'existence', only when we are pessimistic and desperate, does this mean that existentialism is actually a pessimistic argument ?”
"We study existentialism in order to prevent others from studying existentialism?"
The professor said humorously: "Very interesting point of view, you can apply for my graduate students."
"I need to emphasize that existentialism is a kind of optimism supported by rationality and logic. Imagine that your life has fallen into darkness, war, famine, technological replacement... In short, you can't find the meaning of existence."
"At this time, existentialism will tell you that although your life is full of tragedies, we still have to try our best to live and choose the meaning of life for ourselves. You will find that your existence itself will add variables to the world, Good, bad, constantly fluctuating.”
Many hands were raised.
The professor pointed to Felix.
Felix stood up: "Professor, in the kind of point of view you mentioned in your speech, you think that existence is seeing, perception, and experience. For those things that are far away, they may never even appear. In reality, such as magic in movies, how should we perceive and experience it?"
Felix's question made the students chuckle under their breath. It's really interesting to insert the topic of magic among serious philosophical questions.
One or two students whistled ~IndoMTL.com~ approving of Felix's 'boldness'.
The professor thought for a while and replied: "Magic is a product of our imagination, and currently only exists in the carrier of imagination, such as movies, etc. So do they really exist? Or are they just products of thinking, which are ours? The brain makes us think it exists?"
"What if one day magic really appears in reality?" Felix asked.
The professor was amused, "If magic really 'exists' in reality, no one would not know it. With the development of technology today, we have the ability to travel to every corner of the world. Even the sky and ocean, Nor can it stop the pace of human exploration."
But he soon discovered that he met a persistent student today
"I mean, please forgive me, we can make an assumption, there is a small group of magicians, they use all kinds of magical magic to cover up their existence, but one day, you found them"
Felix paused briefly, "What will you do?"