Learning, not thinking, thinking, and not learning

Source: "The Analects of Confucius for politics" -- Zi Yue: "learning, not thinking, thinking, not learning ".
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We can see it as the learning method advocated by Confucius. If you read books without thinking about them, you will be dragged down by the books, and you will be confused by the appearance of the books. The so-calledBelieve in books as well as have no books. Instead of accumulating a certain amount of book knowledge, we can only research and think about the knowledge, and the problem will not be solved, it will lead to more doubts and be more dangerous. Only by combining learning and thinking can we learn useful insights. Confucius said: "I will not eat for the whole day, and I will not go to bed at the end of the night. I think it is useless. It is better to learn it ." Zi Xia said: "I am knowledgeable and eager to answer questions and close to thinking. benevolence is here ." These are the importance of combining learning and thinking. Kant, a philosopher in the west, said: "perceptual ignorance is blind, while intellectual ignorance is empty. It is surprisingly consistent with Confucius's saying, "learning without thinking, thinking without learning. It can be seen that, in terms of cognition and acquisition of knowledge, the fundamental principles of human beings are often consistent regardless of the geographical and racial differences.

Combination of learning and thinking
If you focus only on learning and do not focus on thinking, you may be blinded and confused. If you focus only on thinking and do not focus on learning, you may be tired and dangerous due to a wrong path.
Relying solely on learning and obtaining the knowledge of the predecessors, without adding their own resolution and judgment, it is easy to be blinded and restricted by the ideas of the predecessors. Although many of the ideas of the predecessors are precious and correct, there may also be some incorrect ideas. In addition, there may be some questions that the predecessors have not answered yet, therefore, if they are blinded and restricted by the ideas of their predecessors, they will inevitably be confused. On the contrary, many questions have been answered by our predecessors. However, during their answers, they have gone astray and had a hard time to get the correct answers. If you rely solely on your own thinking and do not know how to learn the law of the predecessors, it may be as wrong as the predecessors, leading to the risk of throwing energy. Describes the importance of combining learning with thinking.

 

Inspiration:Thinking and learning must be carried out together..