Lucius was dumbfounded. Dean's words had a great impact on him. Although it sounded like a crooked logic but he couldn't find any mistakes to refute.
He sobered up after a while and immediately retorted: "You said that because you are now the ruler of the outer wall. Naturally you will be praised as a hypocrite."
Dean shook his head: "I'm not praising you. It's just my personal opinion. Although I have said so much, I don't think that hypocritical people are better than real villains. In fact, for me, I treat both kinds of people the same. I don't think which one is more annoying. Because I have the insight to see through the hypocrisy of the hypocrite in front of me. But if the villain is in front of me, I have the power to suppress his evil!"
Lucius coldly said: "No matter which of these two types of people they are like parasites. According to you hypocritical people are better for the security of the giant wall than real villains. At least people know how to protect their face and won't kill on the street. But such people are greedy and covert. If they are officials then they will breed corruption. If they are friends then they will stab people in the back. They are simply beasts in human skin!"
"Yes. That's why I need a pair of eyes." Dudian indifferently said: "If you are wrong and blame others for deceiving you, then you deserve it!"
Lucius shook his head: "Who can be like you and be on guard against everyone? Moreover, people's hearts are complex. It's difficult to see a person. Especially for a good person. "
"That's not kindness. It's laziness." Dean said: "The world is fair. The less you use your brain, the more you will suffer."
Lucis shook his head slightly and said, "If everyone knew how to restrain their nature and not harm others, to not be true villains or hypocrites, to be as pure as newborn babies, then that would be the best thing and the most ideal state of being a human."
Dean looked at him. He felt that Lucius was about to distinguish the difference between a hypocrite and a true gentleman. Dean had to thank the treasures left by the ancestors of China. Half of the hypocrisy he talked about was to deliberately ignore the 'etiquette' part in order to confuse Lucius. As Lucius said, everyone was hypocritical. Most people hated hypocrisy because it referred to using hypocrisy to do evil.
The other kind of hypocrisy was called etiquette!
There was a world of difference between the two. In short, the most important thing to learn in the process of being a 'person' was kindness and hypocrisy.
"I can't be either, and I can't be a pure person either." Dean refuted Lucius's words: "Purity means blankness. Babies can't be regarded as' people '. What's the difference if you live for many years and yearn to be a baby?"
Lucius didn't expect that Dean would refute such a thing: "A painter once told me that a person is born as a piece of white paper. The years have smeared paint on it. That's why people will get old and die because the paper has been smeared with paint. It's because the paper has been smeared with paint that it can't be painted anymore. That's why we have to die! Death is the greatest punishment that God can give to life. It is a judgment, and at the same time, a warning! "
"The painting of life wouldn't be so bad and ugly if people could live a bit easier and kinder."
Dudian indifferently said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death is the punishment of God. Then survival is the struggle between man and God! According to you, if you don't have so many distracting thoughts and live a bit easier then your life won't be smeared so quickly. In my opinion, it's the opposite. You are living a very casual life. You are giving your life to God to decide. You will live as long as God allows you to live. "
"And those who think too much, those who smear too much, just want to live a better life, live a more exciting life. They are fighting, but you are resigned to your fate, hanging your head under the blade of God, letting him cut you down."
Lucius was stunned. He didn't expect Dean to refute this kind of thing. He couldn't help but ask: "Do you think that kindness is a mistake?"
If Dean admitted it, he would feel ridiculous, because this was the root of his belief, and it couldn't be shaken. At the same time, it meant that he could ignore Dean's previous words as a fallacy.
Dean didn't answer him but asked: "What is kindness?"
Lucius was startled by this question, but he quickly recovered and said, "I think even a three-year-old knows this question."
"Who told a three-year-old child?" Dean asked again.
Lucius's expression changed slightly as he realized that the answer to this question wasn't so simple. He quickly thought for a moment before replying, "Our monastery has always leaned towards the good side. Of course, although we have done bad things and killed people, you must know that the monastery is a whole with countless people. Naturally, the quality of our people varies. However, the purpose of our monastery is good. This is indisputable. Even I have to admit it."
Lucius's words were very pertinent and very certain.
Dean nodded. In this respect, Lucius was much better than the other people in the Monastery. At least he didn't blindly say things that he didn't believe in. Moreover he wouldn't blindly defend the Monastery. But this didn't win Lucius's favor and lowered his vigilance.
"The so-called kindness is determined by morality." Dudian continued: "The moral definition of good is good. So, who is going to make the moral definition? What is the role of morality? Let me tell you, the function of morality is to manage the places that cannot be controlled by the fist. Every ruler can use his sword to subdue every citizen in his territory, but he can't suppress every evildoer. At this time, morality is needed to restrain them. Therefore, the function of morality is obvious. It is used to maintain the development of mankind. "
"If everyone is kind, then the world will be peaceful. Only peace can lead to good management and development. However, long-term peace will lead to comfort and decline. Therefore, war is necessary. Although everyone hates war, those who hate it are only those who can't benefit from war, because war will bring them death. If war only brings death to others, but benefits to them, then they won't hate it."
Dean continued: "Moreover not everyone will abide by the restrictions of morality. The ancients said that every day morality is the dogma and you have to reflect on your own mistakes. It's like a person walking in the wrong direction. However, this direction is set by others, not by you. The path you walk is also the path that others want you to walk, because everyone walks the same path. There are rules and regulations, and only then will it be good for everyone. "
"As for those who like to wander around, they follow their instincts and run around blindly. That's why they bump into others and hurt law-abiding citizens."
Lucius's face turned ugly. Dean didn't answer his question but analyzed the problem more deeply. Lucius felt a burst of pressure. Although the faith in his heart hadn't shaken but he had to admit that the youth in front of him was the most terrible person he had met in more than 20 years. He couldn't be compared to the other preachers in the Monastery who could only read the bible.
He had won the debate with the preachers and felt that he had seen the world thoroughly enough. But Dean's words had elevated his thinking to another angle – the ruler's point of view.
Everyone would look at the problem from their own habitual point of view. A suspicious person would always have a skeptical attitude. A businessman would always look at the problem from the perspective of interests. Lucius used to look at the problem from the philosophical point of view of good and evil. But Dean's thinking was from the perspective of survival and destruction of mankind!
It was no longer a matter of pure interests or good and evil but the trend of the entire human activities.
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