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Chapter 601 [The Collision of Eastern and Western Schools II]

Bai Dong did not beat Si's butt, and spanking always left a psychological shadow, so he chose a more civilized punishment method.==?

How Ying Si treated Aristotle, now Bai Dong will treat him.

There is enough water to drink every day, but the food is only the simplest bean cakes and Persian black vegetables. And no matter how full you are, there will be a cup of goat milk every day. However, it is diluted with water, which can barely distinguish people from clear water. Don’t think about the taste, and it has a faint ‘milk aroma’.

The recipes of the prince of Qin are even worse than those of pigs, and pigs are even more full.

Even so, Bai Dong was not ready to let this guy go. He studied history since the Xia and Shang dynasties every day while hungry. Reading hundreds of articles is a must-do homework, including the math problems he gave himself. If it cannot be completed, the food will be further reduced.

This kid was spoiled by Bu Rongyi. He has become much fatter since he went to Liyang. His enthusiasm for learning is far less than that when he was in Fengming Academy. How good is it to take this opportunity to lose weight and regain campus life? And it can also help Mr. Aristotle to calm down. Bai Dong believes that this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

"Mr. Aristotle, knowledge is the wealth of mankind, and scholars like you are the inheritance and creator of wealth, so people like you deserve respect wherever you go. This kid violated Mr. I am punishing him severely.?? Look, it's only been five days, he has lost two times, and he is reciting Mr.'s philosophical theory of "metaphysics". This is considered to admit his mistake to Mr., can he forgive him?"

Aristotle looked at Ying Si, who was covered in delicacies through the window, sighed repeatedly, "Why should Bai Zi do this? He is a child and will be punished for ten days and half a month at most. You must not go on for a long time."

Bai Dong's face twitched. Is this guy much more ruthless than his own?

"I have seen your 'thinking and learning'. You said you should use a dialectical method to explore the mystery of this world. This seems to be opposite to the metaphysics I advocate. But your students come to recite my theory, which is probably a ridiculous thing, right?"

Aristotle snorted slightly, turned around and walked to the soft chair prepared by Bai Dong for him, drinking bitter oriental tea while watching Ying Si recite his theory in the room with interest. He felt that these orientals were so cunning that they would make him forgive this crazy boy? Don't think about it! Since this is the case, he would extend the punishment for a while, at least let the Bai Zi in front of him understand that the wise Greeks are not so easy to coax. Under the glory of the goddess of wisdom, we are all more beautiful than monkeys.

However, the tea in the east is still very good. The entrance is a little bitter but the taste is very sweet. It is a very happy thing to drink the tea to see the boy being punished. When I think of the confinement and hunger experience he encountered, Aristotle's heart was filled with devils from the underworld, and all virtues such as benevolence and magnanimity disappeared.

"This is not funny at all. Learning more wrong views can remind my students that the truth is difficult to come by, and the more decorative the wrong views and doctrines are, the more wonderful it is. When my students clearly argue about its fallacy, they will never be confused by such mistakes again."

"What did you say?"

Aristotle jumped up suddenly: "Your dialectics is nonsense. You emphasize relative and ignore absolute. According to you, there are no absolute things in this world? Everything is relative and does not distinguish between each other. I want to ask you, how do you analyze specific things like this? Are there any specific things to say? Your view will seriously hinder the development of natural science, and you are committing a crime!"

"Natural science is a subject that complicates it into a simple discipline, but philosophy is not. Metaphysics observes and studies the world in an isolated, static, and one-sided way, either this or that. But is this world really still? We stand on the ground and see sunrise and sunset. If we follow your point of view, we will think that the sun is moving and the earth is still moving, but I want to say that the earth we are in is actually turning. If the earth does not move, how huge amplitude will the sun rise and sunset be to occur? They are all moving!"

"What are you kidding? The earth where we are is the center of the universe! The sun, moon and stars are all moving around the earth. Does Bai Zi, the dignified Qin State, have no knowledge of this?"

Aristotle laughed to the sky. He was the first to propose the theory that the earth was circular. It was enough to be called the pioneer of this path. After years of observation, the "geocentric theory" was laid. This was already a very mature theory in the West. It would be fine if Bai Dong refuted his metaphysical theory. He had read the theory of thinking and learning and believed that dialectics was not nothing. But as he spoke, he criticized his "geocentric theory", which made him feel a little ignorant of the world.

Greece is where various scientific theories are highly developed. When is it the turn of scholars who lag behind the East to oppose him?

"Is this really the case?"

Bai Dong didn't argue, so he ordered a pottery basin, filled it with clear water, and then brought a pointed wooden strip at both ends, carved a mark on one end and placed it flat on the water surface. Then he sat next to Aristotle, drinking tea while observing the wooden strip with a smile.

After waiting for more than an hour, Aristotle couldn't help but walk to the basin to observe carefully for a while, frowned and said, "What are you doing?" There were several grids carved out at the edge of the pottery basin every distance, and there were also marks on the tip of the wooden strips. You could tell at a glance that Bai Dong was going to do a natural science experiment, but there was no change for such a long time, which made Aristotle a little puzzled.

No matter how much he argues, he is a scholar who is eager to learn. At this moment, curiosity has long suppressed the debate itself, and he really wants to know what Bai Dong is doing.

"Wait a little longer, this experiment requires patience, and it will be almost done after we have lunch."

It was almost noon, and the Huotou Army brought a table of wine and rice, including the Greeks' favorite lamb, jam cakes and thick mushroom soup. Aristotle was not polite, and sat down and ate it. He was always the most patient in front of science.

When he met Shen, Bai Dong smiled and stood up and walked to the basin: "Mr. Aristotle, see if there is any change in this basin?"

"What changes can happen? How did the wooden strips move!"

Aristotle widened his eyes. The end of the wooden strip was marked was no longer in its original position. You can clearly see that the corresponding number grids of the pottery basin were turned gently from north to south.

"Mr. Aristotle is a Greek wise man. He should know that the wooden strips will not move without force addition, and there is no wind here, even if the wooden strips move?"

Bai Dong smiled and said, "The answer is that the wooden strips did not move at all, but the earth where we are is moving!"

"The earth is moving?"
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