Is reading useful or not? It's a hard question to explain.
1.Socrates' knowledge of marrying a wife
Let's take a look at a joke about the big man Socrates, who talks to young people about marrying a wife, and says, "You (young people) should marry a wife, because: if you marry a good wife, she will be a good wife and mother, and she will be able to marry and raise children at home!"
If you marry a bad wife, she will be able to babble and help you become a philosopher. ”
It's scary to be literate, and it's good to say badly!
Undoubtedly, Socrates here is interested in the question "Is it useful to marry a wife?" "This question is a double standard, and for different purposes, taking a wife is useful.
2.Revelation from the Socratic double standard
Let's revamp the content of this Q&A.
Is reading useful?
If it were thrown to Socrates, he would have said so. You (young people) must read books, because: if reading helps you to achieve your purpose, then reading is useful; If reading doesn't achieve your purpose, then you know that "reading is useless".
In short, it is definitely useless not to read, reading either to achieve the goal, or to help you realize that "reading is useless".
You must know that through reading, you can realize that "reading is useless", which is also a major progress!
3.The views of "The Way of Heaven" on reading and studying
The male protagonist of "The Way of Heaven" said in the play: Read and study, don't take exams and get a degree for the purpose, what is useful to learn! What you need to learn! If you learn from him for 358 years, you will definitely be able to help achieve your goal.
See, there is a purpose for reading. Purpose, purpose, or purpose......
Like, do we think glasses are useful? Only those who are suitable for themselves are useful, and those who are short-sighted need to have suitable myopia glasses separately; myopia plus astigmatism, which requires special treatment; If you are short-sighted and presbyopia, you need two special glasses. Therefore, glasses are just a tool, suitable for your own needs, they are useful. However, in the steam room, by the hot pot, when it is steaming, the glasses are not so obvious, but become an obstacle.
What is the purpose of reading and making money?
Let's think about it again, is it useful to make money? Money is useful, money is useful; Money is useless, and making money must be useless. Money is just a tool, making money is a means, not an end!
Speaking of which, back to the theme of reading, what is the purpose of reading? (for what purpose).
Mounting? Flaunt? Promotion? Examination? Make hay? ......Or is it just to delight yourself and enjoy the process? Some are the purpose, some are the process, all uneven.
5.Conclusion
So, is it useful to read books? It depends on the purpose, and it depends on the degree to which the goal is achieved!
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