Portrait in two mirrors

The United Memoirs of Humanity Consolidated Individuals/RHUMA Philosophy Group.

"Modern people have lost interest in philosophy," Voltaire lay on the table bored, "We have completely become history or language tutors! Every day when I come to work, I open my mailbox and see They are all: 'Please briefly describe the central idea of ​​a certain article, please summarize the main ideas of a certain thinker', and I have logged on Amazon's philosophy section for so many years, and I see that the most sold book is always on human inequality Origins and Social Contract Theory!!!1”

"I think you are jealous, François, if the most sold books are Philosophical Letters and Manners 2, you will not say that everyone has lost interest in philosophy." Montesquieu came over, Seriously, "Of course, if the most sold is the spirit of law 3..." He suddenly began to fall into strange fantasies.

"But we really have nothing to do now..." Voltaire began to roll on the table in a very shapeless manner, "Bored...uh!" Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed his wrist, and Rousseau didn't know From nowhere, he rushed to the front of the table. "Francois, I'm sorry for you! It's all my own fault, which makes your books unsold!" He said with great resentment and emotion, "I'm so selfish, occupying such a high position in the rankings of philosophy books. Long……"

"Hey," Voltaire pushed Rousseau's hand away in fear, and they almost fell together, "It's actually because your books are very thin and modern people are very poor and can only afford your books." Then they read your antisocial love nature love primal book and get poorer then they can only afford your thin book and it's a vicious cycle and you become more and more popular you little madman Do you know?"

"You have been blinded by your wrong judgment for hundreds of years, and you can't change it until you die. I am deeply hurt by you, but I am no longer the little Rousseau of Geneva who swallowed his anger back then. I am now on an equal footing with you. Now I must ask for an explanation!" Rousseau fought back unceremoniously, and grabbed Voltaire's hand, but Voltaire was soon pushed back onto the chair.The two wrestled on the chair.

"Do you have endless..." Montesquieu said, "can the spiritual emptiness be solved only by material struggle? Alas... But I am really bored! I seem to be standing here It's been a morning!"

"No, no, you're not bored at all, Charles," Diderot suddenly walked over from the door, "The real boredom is watching d'Alembert do math all morning without changing his posture at all, While writing down this extremely boring scene over and over again—do you know that my series of essays "D'Alembert's Mathematics" 4 has been numbered to 727? And the content of each article is basically exactly the same!"

Looking at Diderot who was waving the pen in his hand, Montesquieu said very calmly: "Then let's watch Voltaire and Rousseau fight."

"Do you know that the three major characteristics of life are boredom, restlessness and inconsistency5. Now you have fallen into this trap!" Suddenly a small figure floated in from outside the door, "Enlightenment thinkers who don't believe in God, It's time to accept God's judgment!"

"No, no, Blaise," Voltaire said hastily, "here only Diderot does not believe in gods, and Jean and I believe in deism~ Besides, it is really embarrassing for you to say such things with such a young body." It's so funny, you know~"

"Don't say I'm young! I only look 16 years old! Besides, you're only one year older than me!" Pascal said, putting several boxes on the table.

"What is one year older~ I am the 84-year-old Mr. Voltaire~" Voltaire looked at the box on the table, "What is this?"

"This is a camera and a tripod~" Rousseau opened the box and said.

"Oh, how do you know the names of the products of modern technology, you little savage!" said Voltaire displeased.

"Mr. Voltaire, don't openly flirt and flirt with your wife!" Pascal said angrily (Voltaire, who was hit in the middle, stopped moving), "The fact is this: Mr. Newton, in the name of the president of the association, Ask the core members of your group of Enlightenment Thinkers to form a firm’s own radio and television station~”

"Indeed, the current fast media method is eroding our original spiritual homeland. The intrusion of fast food media such as TV has changed people's way of life. In a sense, it is also the reason why philosophy is losing its status more and more. Just like when I was alive (?!) As I said, power should be used to limit power, and now we set up radio and television stations to use TV to limit TV!" Montesquieu said in agreement, thoughtfully. "television,……"

"Ah, Lao Meng, don't take the topic too far away! The crux of the problem now is that we 'French Three Musketeers' form a TV station..." Voltaire said.

"Ah 'Three Bitches'? What is that? Why, are we cheap?" Montesquieu asked solemnly.

"It's a 'sword', not a 'cheap'..." Diderot stretched out his feeble pen.

"Then what are the 'Three Musketeers of France'?" Montesquieu still asked solemnly.

"It's you, me and Rousseau..." Voltaire replied feebly.

"Then why are we the 'French Three Musketeers'? Are we good at swordsmanship?" Montesquieu still asked seriously.

"Oh! Montesquieu! Don't you have read too much law and there are no curves in your head?! This is a metaphor! A metaphor!" Voltaire was about to flip the table.

"Very well, I understand," said Montesquieu.Voltaire sighed.But suddenly Montesquieu said: "Then what are the substance and the metaphor?"

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"I understand. But why not 'Enlightenment Double Star 6' TV station? In this way, there will be only you and Rang... I am a redundant person...--Okay, I decided to be an investor in the TV station, 'Enlightenment Double Star' TV station That's it." Montesquieu said solemnly.

"Big mistake! It should be 'Three Cheap...' Oh no, it's the 'Three Musketeers' TV station!" Voltaire said.

"These names are too stupid." Pascal said deeply. "I think it should be called 'The Three Musketeers' TV station."

"This seems even more stupid..." Diderot pointed out the unfortunate fact, holding out his feeble pen.

"Actually, I think it would be better for everyone to participate." Rousseau hurriedly said, "Then what is the division of labor in the TV station?"

"Does it need to be said?" Voltaire fluttered his beautiful long hair, "I am so beautiful that I should be a reporter and host! And I can watch the camera without turning my eyes!"

"Then I'll be a video camera..." Rousseau said shyly, "Because this way you can watch the host without taking your eyes off..."

The two held hands affectionately (?!).

Montesquieu took a deep breath (I suddenly thought of the question of whether the memoirs of the materialized individuals are still alive...), and said calmly: "I am in charge of the lighting. Let me be your light bulb." (It is very difficult at this time. Diderot, who has no sense of existence, said "I do odd jobs with D'Alembert", but no one seemed to notice...)

Voltaire asked: "So what is the name of our television station?"

"Montesquieu—the great light bulb. What about the name?" Montesquieu solemnly offered a pertinent suggestion. (Voltaire does not respond.)

"Is it called enlightenment7?..." Rousseau still said shyly.

"Okay, okay." Voltaire happily held Rousseau's hand, looking very cute.Everything around him seems to have melted, and it is moist in the endless dream of Qian Se.

Suddenly, a roar was heard, cutting open the beautiful dream.

“啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！！！我究竟有什么存在感啊！！！！”孟德斯鸠一抡，一个圆桌就以完美的45 The oblique parabola flew out.

"Oh, Lao Meng, don't say that..." Diderot was still powerlessly drawing circles on the corner of the wall with his paintbrush.

At this time the door opened.d'Alembert entered with a stack of papers for mathematical calculations.He said happily:

"Finally got that mathematical analysis down, Dennis, I'm so glad!—Hey, here's a fallen table—Did you throw it, Charles? Please throw it for me again, Shire! I can calculate its trajectory and eccentricity, Shire!"

Thus Enlightenment Radio and Television was born. (It is better not to have such a TV station.)

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1 This is the real situation that the author saw in the excellent Amazon philosophy books.On the origin of human inequality and the theory of social contract are Rousseau's works.

2 Philosophical Correspondence and Mannerism are the writings of Voltaire.

3 The Spirit of the Laws is the work of Montesquieu.

4 "The Dream of d'Alembert" is a philosophical work by Diderot.The title of this work is used here.

The original text of "Pascal's Thoughts" in 5 words.

6 Voltaire and Rousseau are often called the Enlightenment Twins.

7 Enlightenment, the meaning of Enlightenment.

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