facing the crossroads of fame, fortune, beauty and moral virtue, Hercules Hercules chooses The twelve impossible tasks have been overcome by numerous tribulations and heavy responsibilities. This story left infinite interpretation space for later writers, artists, and philosophers. When this experience is mapped to the world, it is not less shocking than this.
Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki made a film in 2002 called "L´HOMME SANSPASSÉ" (L´HOMME SANSPASSÉ), which is the second part of the contemporary Finnish trilogy after "Floating Clouds" and inherited him The black is quirky, but at the same time full of realist critical style. The film is about a man who came to Helsinki to find a job. He didn't expect to be beaten to death by a local gangster as soon as he got there. After he miraculously came back to life, he found that he could not remember everything. Some kind-hearted people and charities in the local area helped him and gave him the motivation to live again. At the end of the film, although the man has found his previous family, he still doesn’t remember anything, but it’s not important anymore. All of that is another person’s past. He has returned to Helsinki and his real life. Home-there is his brand new life and the people he loves.
The man in the film was originally an electric welder. He was extremely addicted to gambling and lost a lot of money; he had a relationship with his wife and often quarreled. The despair of life made him leave the family. After losing his memory, he can live actively. Even after having no money to pay the rent, being robbed, being detained by the police and many other difficulties, he always sees hope and keeps fighting. Moreover, he still loves the woman who helped him with the most sincere heart.
The same person, who only loses his memory, can have a completely different worldview and life. People always say that "the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change." In fact, people often don't judge right from wrong by nature. Killing and predation of the weak are just the laws of nature. Animals can do whatever they want to prey. For them, there is no ethics. Humans also evolved from animals. The only difference is that they have more minds and ethics to suppress their own nature.
After all, being a noble person is too tiring, there are too many constraints and choices, too many responsibilities, and too much fun. Many times a noble person lives more in the expectations of others-living in In a world full of ethics. So some people say that being a humble person is easier to be yourself. The self mentioned here is an unrestricted nature, including selfishness, cruelty, and laziness. In my opinion, the original life of the man in the film is closer to his nature. He is just an ordinary welder, he doesn't need to lead by example, and he doesn't need to take any role models, so he can let him go. Judging from the moral standards of ordinary people, addiction to gambling is definitely a degenerate behavior, but gambling can indeed make people get exciting pleasure from it, otherwise there will not be so many people indulging in it, but this unrestrained indulgence and indulgence of nature Physical pleasures often make people hate life. Because human nature is gloomy, when people see the world with gloomy eyes and feel the world with gloomy nerves, everything is dirty and noisy, without dreams and hope, even happiness is just a kind of Fleeting pleasure.
If life is an endless fierce struggle, then the man lost the war for the first half of his life. It is not so much that the beating caused him to lose his memory, but rather that he destroyed himself. He didn't have any strength to fight back in the face of that beating, nor did he have the opportunity to fight back. Since he has turned his back on life, life has dealt a fatal blow to him ruthlessly from behind.
When he woke up again, he had been abandoned by life in a certain corner of the world, and he once again faced the problem that everyone will face at the beginning of life, that is, "what do I do in this world".
Good and evil have a completely new definition in his consciousness, and his worldview and outlook on life have also been reshaped. When he was penniless, a local man helped him plug in the wire and repair the machine. When he asked how much he needed to pay for this, the man just said flatly: "If I fall into the ditch someday Just pull me up.” When he was imprisoned by the police for defying the police’s performance of official duties because he couldn’t remember his name, an old lawyer who didn’t know him used his superb professional skills to get him released. When asked who invited him, the lawyer just said: "Charity", then turned and left; when he was desperate for life, a woman appeared in time and gave him selfless help, love once again acted The role of saving the soul, she let him see the dawn of life from despair, with the hope of wanting to live again, he wants to become a person who makes a difference for her.
This reminds me of Plato's "Theory of Human Nature". He believes that man is composed of "soul" and "body". The soul comes from the heavens, and the body comes from the earth, which affirms the "upright" character of people. The plan of his famous Utopia is to implement the truth, goodness and beauty of the heavens into the earth. In his eyes, the mission of man is to "walk the way on behalf of the heavens", which is the positioning of man's "individuality"; as for the "group nature" of people, Plato believes that "man" is originally the only individual in the heavens, and it comes to the soul. When the earth and the flesh are combined, they are split into two halves. One half becomes a male and the other becomes a female. The two halves will continue to "pursue the other half" throughout their lives.
Therefore, everything is classified as a simple element, and all people can find the element in their own existence, that is, the element that all people can find in their own existence—the ability to love. This element grows in the soul, and growth becomes the most important reason that determines the meaning of life in a person.
The man's body died in that beating. The so-called death in a physical sense means that his heartbeat stopped, and we can also say that his soul also died. It stands to reason that death is a sign of time, and people often experience two kinds of death: before birth and after the end of life. And Sao Paulo said: "I die every day." Yes, if the spirit and the flesh are really separated, then a person is always dying. According to Borges, every time we cannot feel or discover something, but can only repeat something mechanically, it is the moment of death. If you look at a certain day alone, you will find that there are many deaths in that day. Of course, birth is inseparable from death. I think that any existence has its reasons, just as flowers bloom for withering, fruits mature for falling and rot, and birth is for death. Of course, this does not mean that we have to seek a way to die during our lifetime. This is too pessimistic, and this is by no means the true meaning of life. I just thought, since death is the end of survival, it is naturally the destination of birth, but our problem is not what it is for, but how to complete this journey perfectly.
In my opinion, the best death is when you die without regrets and without being led astray by some disturbing mental power in the middle of the journey. Naturally, we can also say that death is for birth, which seems more promising.
How can we live full of hope? When we feel sad because of our separation and don’t know how to continue our lives, then we live for the next better encounter; when we can’t hold our heads up because of the weight of life, let us do it for those floating in the clouds in our dreams. Live for the last days; when we finally can’t bear the great pain in our hearts, let us live for the smile of the lover in our hearts. In this way, all thoughts that can excite genes are beautiful, and sometimes just a small reason can generate amazing motivation.
I have always believed that as long as people have love in their hearts, no matter how great the pain is, they can bear it. Just like the man who lost his memory, his soul finally awakened during that wandering, felt his need for love, knew how to give his love, and heard the beauty of life calling him. He won everyone's respect with his practical actions and became a local public figure, so for him, the place where he found love is his real "home". This kind of love is like a little candle light that illuminates the darkness, but that little light will emit the deepest, most mysterious and richest light, and this seemingly weak light is often the least easy to extinguish. Because it has been shining in people's hearts forever. So, as long as you have loved, you will never forget the warmth that love has bestowed on you. Perhaps all this has once again verified the sentence: "Without despair of life, there will be no true love for life."
When people have love in their hearts, they derive the principles of goodness in ethics. Here, I am more inclined to Aristotle's distinction. He divided goodness into "right goodness" (Bonum onestum), "entertainment goodness" (Bonum delectabile) and "benefit goodness" (Bonum utile). The "righteousness" is the righteous kindness. People follow their conscience to do things, do what they should do, take shelter and avoid them, and become a gentleman with the sky above their heads and their feet on the ground. "Entertaining kindness" will cause people's pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction; just like the joy after doing kindness. And "benefiting" refers to gaining benefits from good deeds, which is good for oneself and others, especially to make people feel at ease. Another classification is "Bonum subjectivum" (Bonum subjectivum) and "Objectivum" (Bonum objectivum). The former is the kind that people who do things think; the latter is universal and inevitable. Finally, the highest level of goodness is "Bonum supermum", which is perfect and perfect. It is also called "absolute goodness" (Bonum absolutum), as opposed to "relative goodness" (Bonum relativum).
For most people, the search for and acquisition of knowledge can better grasp the truths in life; self-cultivation and the pursuit of perfection of moral quality make people tend to "the perfection"; the soul's desire for art makes People use beautiful eyes to depict the subtle touches and beautiful existence in life; in the end, the religious life that many people pursue will make us get rid of tackiness and enter the sacred realm.
Of course, the religious beliefs here are not necessarily those religions in the general sense, it can be the belief in life in everyone's heart. I think that everyone has their own beliefs, and that unique belief becomes their own religion. Just like love is also a kind of faith-a kind of the most beautiful religion in the world.
Many writers and thinkers have their own opinions on faith. Leo Tolstoy believes that "if there is no faith, people will always betray everything due to the current circumstances, and then go overboard with the world he once cursed." Bacon also said: "True philosophy begins with doubt and ends with belief". There is also such a description in the "Bible" (Psalm 23:3-4): "He awakened my soul and guided me the way for myself. Although I have traveled through the valley of death, I am not afraid of being harmed, because You are with me, your rod, and your rod comfort me." I think correct and beautiful beliefs are the best reason to inspire people to live better. In the gloomy and sad night, he waits for you with a smile; in the fallen world, he washes away the sin with sincerity; his brilliant smile drives all hypocrisy into nothing, when your soul awakens, he Step out of the mist and invite you to dance with life.
Finally, I would like to talk about a scene at the end of the film, which is especially memorable-the man returned to Helsinki after divorcing his former wife. This time he met the one who beat him to death. three people. This time he looked directly at them, without any evasion or dodge, he silently picked up the wooden stick on the ground and was ready to fight back at any time. Although the three people were arrested without him in the end, the scene of the man picking up the stick and confronting the bad guy made one see a soul facing two completely different states of life. These are the two lives that each of us will face. Life is fair to everyone, and the most important thing is how to manage and manage it.
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