Chapter 223 221 Muggle Philosophy

Chapter 223 221. Muggle Philosophy

The lunch was very sumptuous.

It was obvious that Sir Stock was in a good mood. He and Jon talked about many things at the table, mostly about his life at sea in recent years.

"In fact, at first I wanted to go further north and find a place to settle down in the Arctic Circle. But normal life there became a problem. The fireplace had to be burning all year round, which was a heavy burden not only for me but also for Rabbi, so I finally gave up the idea."

Jon was not flattering, but said sincerely.

"The scenery here is very nice. If I retire in the future, I will also consider spending my old age here."

"In fact, when I first came here, life was not so smooth." Stock recalled, "Because this place is not a Muggle route, it was once classified as a marine magical animal protection area by the Norwegian Ministry of Magic. Many magical animals that used to live near the coast were driven here."

"As for the mermaids, the Ministry of Magic did not order them to move, but they were forced to migrate here. They originally lived in the waters near the coast, but now that area of ​​water is seriously polluted by Muggles and is easy to be discovered, so later they migrated here collectively."

"It was precisely because of this experience that when they learned that a wizard had moved here to live, they did not like me. It was not until later that one of their tribesmen was accidentally injured and stranded in front of my tower and I helped to heal him that their impression of me changed a little."

What he said was a bit sad. Not only are the living spaces of magical animals on land and alien tribes such as giant centaurs becoming less and less, but also those in the ocean.

As long as the wizards decide to maintain the Statute of Secrecy, this situation will not change. As the Muggles expand their knowledge of nature, they will gradually understand the world more clearly. After all, the earth is only this big.

Sir Stocker suddenly asked.

"I don't know what you think of Muggles, Professor Johnson?"

Jon didn't hear the deep meaning of his question, and felt that it was just a casual question.

"I don't have any prejudice against Muggles." He said, "Although Durmstrang has been pursuing bloodline since its establishment, in fact, everyone in the school is very open about bloodline issues, and the main thing is ability."

Jon is not talking nonsense about this. The school style of Durmstrang does have a bit of the meaning of the survival of the fittest. As long as you are good enough within the rules, you can get more resources than others. It is not as fair as Hogwarts, but it is not just about bloodline.

Sir Stocker laughed.

"I think that apart from those arrogant, conceited, and stubborn old guys, most wizards should not have any prejudice against Muggles. But in the final analysis, those old-fashioned people hate Muggles because of historical issues. In the past, Muggles were indeed ignorant, and they did a lot of things that hurt wizards."

"It's just that since the beginning of this century, the Muggle world has completely changed."

When talking about this, Sir Stock became interested, and he seemed to have a deep understanding of Muggle history.

"Muggles are no longer as ignorant as before. They are actually beginning to understand the world gradually, and they understand the rules of the world from their own perspective in a completely different way from us."

"In my opinion, the rules of the world are not constant for wizards. Our consciousness can change matter. There is a stone in front of us. When we close our eyes and start to think about whether the thing in front of us is the stone we see with our eyes, our will will drive the magic to change the world. If we firmly believe that this stone is a sheep, then even if there is no wand and spell, as long as our will is strong enough, the stone before closing our eyes will become a sheep after opening our eyes."

"But it's different for Muggles. In their eyes, the rules of the world are constant, and stones are stones. There is no way to change them even a little bit because of their strong will. Matter is the foundation of the world and has primary nature, while consciousness is secondary. Human consciousness cannot directly make any changes to the world."

Jon looked at Sir Stoke with some surprise.

He didn't expect that there were wizards in the magic world who had such a deep understanding of Muggle theories, and they were also wizards with a wizard family heritage.

"Whether the rules are constant or not is actually the concept of which one is dominant, matter or will. I didn't expect that you have learned about the philosophy of Muggles, Sir?"

Neville and the others sitting around were basically confused, only Hermione blinked her eyes half-understanding.

After seeing that Jon was obviously familiar with what he said, Sir Stoke showed a surprised expression on his face.

"Professor Johnson also knows something about the philosophy of Muggles' understanding of the world?"

Jon said casually.

"Before I became the professor of Transfiguration, I actually worked as a professor of Muggle Studies for a while, so I have some understanding of these. But I need to correct you, Sir, on the issue of whether the rules of the world are constant, matter and will, Muggles are actually not unanimous."

"Although many Muggles believe that matter came before will and that will can only be used to understand matter, there are also many Muggles who believe that there is an omniscient and omnipotent God in this world. Even among wizards there is no shortage of such people, right?"

Sir Stock said undeniably.

"Indeed, there are a large number of such people among Muggles. In fact, our existence proves that what they believe is not wrong. Maybe the so-called omniscient and omnipotent God is a wizard with unprecedentedly powerful magic power?"

"But the people who have made the greatest contribution to the Muggle world are people of another kind of thinking. For us, what they firmly believe is definitely wrong. Matter can be changed according to the will of wizards. But for them, what they firmly believe is right, because they can only passively understand the matter and rules of this world without magic, instead of changing them."

"It is precisely because of this difference in understanding the world that the magic world and the Muggle world have developed in two completely different directions. It's just that the development of wizards has gone through thousands of years, and the magic we have mastered has gradually improved, but the development of Muggles has just begun."

"But in the first few years, they have done feats that wizards have not done or even thought of for thousands of years."