Human beings' moral level and ideological realm will not improve much with the development of science and technology.
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Professor Ye’s death triggered all the contradictions of this period at the same time.
The development of science and technology and the Internet has enabled humans to promote their ideas at a very low cost, but no one can guarantee whether they are right or wrong.
Professor Ye was the only one at his home. Wang Huadong, Sun Jie and many others conducted an investigation and the scene is currently believed to be a suicide scene, but this is obviously inconsistent with reality.
The police have been slow to give a cause of death because no one is willing to admit that Professor Ye really committed suicide, and Bai Song is unwilling to believe it.
"What kind of person is Professor Ye?" Bai Song looked at Professor Ye's background check record, put it down, and asked.
"He is a good teacher," said the head of the school's administrative department. "He is very responsible to students, humble and polite, and his teaching quality is also very good."
"Can I understand that this person is a bit idealistic?" Bai Song asked.
"Why does this leader ask that?" The school leader frowned and said, "Licheng itself is a somewhat idealistic city."
"Hmm?" After hearing this, Bai Song seemed to have grasped the key to the matter, but he also seemed to understand nothing.
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The on-site investigation is still ongoing. No matter how great the pressure on the Internet is, it cannot affect the survey work here. Even Bai Song has entered the house.
Bai Song hasn't taken the initiative to conduct on-site inspections for a long time. Mainly because Wang Huadong is there, he can rest assured.
This does not mean that Bai Song does not know how to conduct on-site investigations. In fact, he is no worse than the average police officer.
Professor Ye is indeed a person with a good taste in life, and Licheng itself is such a city.
The economy has developed too fast in recent years, and the extravagance of big cities has made countless people linger. Too many people are willing to spend their pocket money or even their annual salary to have a few days of happiness, and too many girls are willing to exchange their youth for that little bit of glamour.
But Licheng is still a little different after all. Although this place is heavily commercialized, it also has some things that big cities don't have.
When Bai Song and Xin Qiao drove through Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, they met several families. All of them were from Beijing and Shanghai. They used to develop in these big cities, but eventually got tired of them and came here to enjoy life.
Licheng is not as peaceful as Dali next door, but it has a stronger cultural atmosphere, which is also good.
Bai Song entered Professor Ye's study, looked around casually, then saw a book on the table, and flipped through it while putting on gloves.
Plato's "The Republic".
Some people say that all research on Western philosophy is just a footnote to this book. Bai Song has certainly read this.
"This book?" Liu Shuyuan also walked into the study: "Few people read it."
"Have you seen it?" Bai Song asked back, "I saw it when I was in college, but now I have almost forgotten it."
"I've read it...several times." Liu Shuyuan took the book from Bai Song wearing gloves. "Plato was a great man who lived in a great era."
"Oh?" Bai Song felt that Shu Yuan had done some research: "This book may be one of the keys to this case. Why don't you tell me your opinion?"
"I have heard you say more than once that 'man is a product of sociology', and so is man's thought," Liu Shuyuan said. "Plato is considered a mentor and pioneer of Western philosophy, but he is still influenced by the social environment in which he lives. 2,500 years ago, in 480 BC, the Second Persian War began. The 300 Spartan warriors defeated an army of 100,000 and prospered, but Athens was still strong at the same time, and the two countries inevitably went to war. After fighting for decades, Athens was defeated, and Socrates, who spread Athenian thought, became an object of scorn and was later sentenced to death. After Socrates' death, his student Plato began to travel far away, and he was away for more than ten years. He came back and began to write this "Republic". After all, he was different from this era, and he could not put it into practice at all, and was eventually sold into slavery."
"So, what you mean is that Plato's ideal could not be realized in that era, and now is the time?" Bai Song began to recall the contents of the book: "But it always feels weird."
"That's right," Liu Shuyuan said, "In history, countless philosophers and thinkers have regarded this book as a treasure. Even some people in the Middle Ages wanted to revive this idea. Maybe there were countless periods in history that were suitable for this idea, but it's not suitable now."
"What does that mean? Does this book have no meaning?" Bai Song was a little confused.
"How could it be? This is really a philosophical work. I have read it several times. If it weren't for Plato, not many people would know Socrates now. Two years after The Republic was written, the people of Athens vindicated Socrates and built a statue for him." Liu Shuyuan said, "But it is indeed not suitable for today's era. People now have culture, the system is very sound, and many social problems are indeed beginning to disappear. After all, it was a slave society. This book contains a lot of things that are enough for future philosophers to think and learn from, but it is not necessarily the Bible of today."
"But..." Bai Song said, "I heard them say that today's capitalists are more powerful than slave owners..."
"Uh..." Liu Shuyuan was stunned: "Don't look at me, I'm not a capitalist..."
"That's not what I meant." Bai Song looked at the book. "I remember that what this book values most is not how to build an ideal country, but the explanation of 'justice'."
Pursuing justice has always been Bai Song’s dream, so he was deeply impressed by this.
"It's both right and wrong. Philosophical works are multifaceted. Only the first volume of this book mentions justice, but without the first volume, the whole book would be incomplete." Shu Yuan has a relatively deep understanding of this book.
"Professor Ye was reading this book before he died. Could it be revealing some information to us?" Bai Song asked.
"If he is this kind of person, do you think he would really commit suicide?" Liu Shuyuan said.
"It's possible," Bai Song said, "Look through the book carefully and look for fingerprints."
"Yeah," Shuyuan nodded.
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As time went by, Ren Hao and Bai Song fought on two fronts. The on-site operations were basically handed over to Bai Song and his team, while the online operations were handed over to Ren Hao, with Wang Liang also helping out.
The Internet is really in chaos. If Ren Hao heard what Liu Shuyuan just said, he might not agree with it.
Most people nowadays have a good education and culture? Is this a joke? Opening some platforms and reading some of the comments above can only make people sigh with emotion. Quality education still has a long way to go.
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