fatalism

Mina 2022-01-25 08:06:32

What is fatalism? The so-called fatalism is a view of life that believes that the fate of people is caused by inevitable factors, which is predictable, predictable and doomed, and cannot be changed.

Fatalism refers to predestined encounters in life, including life and death, misfortune, wealth, wealth, etc., or the belief that everything is caused by forces beyond human control. Those who believe in fatalism believe that everything that happens in the world is doomed, prearranged by God or God, and cannot be changed by man.

Fatalism is a worldview that has existed for a long time. It originated from a school of thought in Eastern cultures such as Mesopotamia and Egypt. At that time, human beings felt the changes in the sky and the world, and felt that some of them were inevitable. Fixed number. After this idea of ​​the eastern ghost was spread to Greece, it became a branch of Greek philosophy, and then brought to India by the Aryans. In addition, the discussion of destiny in the original Vedic culture in India became an Indian trend of thought. An important school of philosophy in the world is what we today call fatalism. The main doctrine of fatalism is to believe that there are certain numbers in the many mysterious changes of human beings, and these fixed numbers can also be called inevitable laws, which are the basic forces that combine all the dharmas in the world. We face similar confusions today, so we want the world to change—often ourselves, of course—and hope that everything is fairer, and that this is a hopeful kind of world.

The world is matter, matter is in motion, motion has laws, and laws are independent of human will. These are universal judgments, so they are complete inferences, from which the conclusion that "the world is fatal" is drawn. is simple and clear.

It is for this reason that human beings should not only be passive in theory, but should also actively discover the laws of understanding and use, and act in accordance with the laws. Because if it is said that "fish can only live in water" is the rule, then it is obviously futile and stupid for some people to think "to seek fish from wood".

Destiny is fundamental, and effort is necessary; fatalism does not exclude subjective effort, as the old saying goes, "man makes things happen, and heaven makes things happen." It is impossible to achieve anything without a plan. The so-called "more calculation will win, less calculation will not win, what if there is no calculation?". This is "positive fatalism"!

Destiny is different from fatalism. Destiny is the destiny of the unity of heaven and man, while fatalism is a pessimistic theory, which advocates that people have their own destiny in the dark. Human beings are useless. Does Confucianism advocate fatalism?

What is life in the end? There are three sayings about life: one is the life of life, the second is the fate of fate, and the third is the command of the life.


Destiny is made the day after tomorrow. Such as a person's character and temperament, words and deeds determine his fate. The fate of the gentleman and the villain are different. A family that accumulates good will have surplus happiness, and a family that accumulates bad will have surplus disaster. This and this is the accumulation of character, not the work of the day and night, but gradually accumulated, it can also be called the destiny. The second is that fate is different due to the time. When the time goes, the line will go, and the time will stop. If the gentleman has the right time, he can't drive the time, and he will walk in full force. The "Book of Changes" often says: Benefit to see the adults; , Luo Bufu book, I have already. All times are different.


Some people say that fatalism is too exaggerated. If you want to change subjectively, you can still change it, but it is because of objective influence that subjectiveness arises. Different environments and backgrounds produce different subjectiveness. The subjective choice is precisely because of objective influence. Suppose, assuming that time can be reversed, if you are asked to choose the same question 100 times, then your choice will definitely be the same, your experience, the environment determines your subjectivity, and determines your choice on a particular occasion, which It must be inevitable.

As for hard work, you will be rewarded. This is also a natural law. It does not conflict with fatalism. Your environmental factors determine whether you will work hard or not. Other environmental factors (including the subjective views of others caused by environmental factors) plus hard work The natural law of harvest together determines your harvest.

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