Chapter 2248 Fierce Fire Frenzy (8)

One question is, are the church’s prayers useful to people in purgatory?

In order to resist the burning, wizards invented spells such as the Freezing Fire Curse, but even if they froze the flames burning under the burning stake, they could not freeze those who watched the burning. Guess what kind of expressions they would have on their faces?

There are also wizards who deliberately endure the punishment of fire. One wizard was said to have been burned dozens of times. This can be said to be a provocation or to create terror.

When the Western Roman Empire collapsed, no secular authority could compete with the spiritual leader of the church. Due to the implementation of primogeniture, the second son and subsequent sons would have nothing. Those knights who had received military aristocratic education since childhood were unwilling to put down their swords. They wanted to

Lords fought wars, expanded territory or defended it, and became thugs condemned by the church.

After the Crusades began, they had a new goal. The ancient Romans arrived in Jerusalem and looted the temple. For them, the artifacts used to worship gods were nothing more than gold and silver. They could be melted and remade into Roman-style objects.

Aesthetic style.

People living in "heaven on earth" pray for those in purgatory, which brings us back to the previous question, is that useful?

The Dutch scholar who wrote "The Fable of the Bees" compared "heroism" or "courage" to the anger of animals, and he described honor as a monster made up out of thin air by moralists and politicians. It means

Some kind of standard of virtue that has nothing to do with religion.

All in all, his remarks will offend some people from all angles. Georgiana would not suggest Bonaparte read that book, even though a lot of what he said is quite reasonable.

The first thing that a person who advocates honor should pay attention to is to follow the rules of honor. In order to defend honor, he will not hesitate to give up his wealth or even his life. They abide by those numerous laws and put the public interests before their own interests.

Above all, stay true to your beliefs at all times.

A person who advocates honor must have courage. If he lacks courage, his other principles are nothing more than a sword without the tip.

Even though times have changed, and wars are no longer decided based on proficiency in using weapons, there are still people practicing swords. Carrying a sword as a weapon is much easier to understand than carrying a cannon, and it is also much more handsome.

Nabal talked to the girls like that, and they understood it, so it was strange that they worshiped him.

The first person to introduce Newtonian classical physics to France was Voltaire's mistress, the Marquise de Chatelet. She was also a famous talented woman in France. Even if it was just a translation, it involved a lot of special terms. She had no one to guide her and she didn't understand physics or mathematics.

It can't be translated either.

Of course, there were times when she was stupid. Before she met Voltaire, she once loved a man, but Marquis Gabriel was a libertine. He broke her heart and made her almost commit suicide for a time, but she was later rescued.

, and then she met Voltaire, who also wrote the preface to the book she translated.

The marquis later participated in the Seven Years' War and died in the war. His widow lived on a pension. Frederick the Great's record was actually not as good as Napoleon's. He won 8 of the 16 battles in the Seven Years' War.

However, Frederick the Great was far superior to his opponents in other aspects. For example, he believed that Prussia's power was not based on inherent wealth, but on unique industrial development.

It was also he who started compulsory education, also known as forced education. Forced education started with Martin Luther and also originated in Germany.

Napoleon's current educational philosophy is to let the young people of this era understand whether to support the republic or the old system, and whether to believe in God or not. Even she herself almost confused Napoleon's ruling style with an enlightened autocracy, although he did use elections

Think of it as a machine.

There is a line in Voltaire's opera "Mahamed" that he loved to watch:

All people are born equal. Their differences have nothing to do with their family status. They are made by merit. The gods love some people. They create achievements based on their own talents and never rely on the shadow of their ancestors. Only such people are chosen as leaders.

Most of the officers under Frederick the Great were aristocrats. The emperor himself restrained and trained his officers with aristocratic spirit and sense of honor. There were all kinds of generals under Napoleon. Murat was the son of an innkeeper, and Lannes was the son of an innkeeper.

He is the son of a stablekeeper. General Oudinot's father is a beer manufacturer. Davout is a military aristocrat. He has been educated in fencing, shooting, and riding since he was a child. However, his family has fallen into poverty and cannot even afford a horse.

, became a cavalry without horses.

Those who don’t want to be generals are not good soldiers. Every soldier has a marshal’s staff in his backpack. These are Napoleon’s ways of motivating soldiers to fight, and his rules of honor come from victory, and it must be a dazzling victory.

Only when you win can you have meritorious deeds, and only when you have meritorious deeds can you be equal to what Voltaire said.

It is impossible for others to receive no reward for their meritorious service. Just like Zigong redeemed people, he himself did not need compensation from the state of Lu because he was rich, but he broke the rules of the game. If others saved the compatriots of Lu, they would not be rewarded.

If you seek compensation from the state, you will appear less virtuous.

But this will also cause other problems. People in the past felt that their unsatisfactory life was due to the hereditary system. The son of a farmer is a farmer, and the son of a duke is a duke. It is not because he is incompetent. If a farmer is given a chance, he can also change his destiny.

Don't look down on him just because he's at the bottom.

For wizards, what's so scary about Muggles? The original owner of the Elder Wand died in a hotel. Even a strong man has a time to sleep. If he doesn't set up defenses before going to bed, he will be killed when he falls asleep.

The dagger could also slit his throat.

People all have weaknesses. Arrogant people don’t know how to restrain themselves. Dark wizards live very egotistically. Are you so filled with hatred that you want to kill him? Well, come on, can you beat him? Dark wizards

The purpose of learning black magic is to gain powerful strength. Ordinary fire wizards are not afraid of it, but fierce fire can destroy horcruxes, that is, using black magic to defeat another kind of black magic.

Humility is usually a virtue. Socrates was obviously a famous wise man in Greece, but he still said that he was ignorant. He was being modest, but it made others feel very unhappy.

Albus had let Pomona drink potions before to save herself some trouble, but this made her miss a lot of things. It was the half-blood enchantress from France who changed everything.

Severus actually asked her to be his dance partner with "Don't be so wasteful". If he had asked directly, she would have agreed a long time ago, but she was so roundabout. Ron said it directly, but the volume was like a roar.

It could be heard in the corridor, but he didn't scare Furong away, but he ran away first.

Many boys will behave abnormally in front of beautiful girls. This is the effect of "magic". It is interesting to watch. However, she still remembers a grenadier brother Bai En who committed suicide because of love. This time he

He was not saved, and it was clear that neither the battlefield nor the hail of bullets took away his life.

Victor Hugo wrote "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." When he saw Asmeralda, the archbishop was shaken by his faith because of her. He was actually a good person and adopted Quasimodo. Originally, he

You can leave Quasimodo in the street and freeze to death like the little match girl.

Because Eve couldn't resist the temptation of the snake and ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, God drove them out of the paradise, and the woman was charged with original sin.

She didn't want to say that she was a disaster like Helen did.

Although it might be useless, she still prayed for Grégoire. He just panicked for a moment. When he regained his senses, he would continue to work hard for education. And she also believed that Grégoire would not be like Hugo.

The same as the archbishop wrote, in order to get Asmeralda to agree, he threatened to burn her to death in the name of a witch if she didn't agree.

He is a brave man, although he does not hold a sword. The first thing that a person who advocates honor should pay attention to is to follow the rules of honor. A person who advocates honor must have courage. If he lacks courage, his other principles are nothing more than a

It's just a sword missing the tip.

She actually couldn't remember whether Maria actually smiled with tears in the Pietà sculpture in St. Peter's Church in Rome, but she felt that Maria was indeed smiling because her brave son was lying in her arms.

She heard that there was also a work by Michelangelo in Bruges, which was in the Church of Our Lady. She must go and see it.

Maybe she can see some other tricks.

"What are you laughing at? Madam." Leoncourt's daughter-in-law asked after closing the car door, with her daughter Alice sitting next to her.

"I'm looking forward to a new journey." Georgiana said to her, taking a look at the Nerva sculpture at the door of the summer palace. "Do you know how she was born?"

Mother and daughter looked at Nerva together.

"She is a woman who brings pain to her father." Georgiana said, "Generally speaking, the pain of childbirth is borne by women."

"Maybe that's the price of wisdom," Alice said.

Georgiana looked at the little girl, did she really understand the meaning of what she said?

But she didn't want to think too much. The carriage was starting to move. Unless they didn't even go to Antwerp, they could stay here for a few more days.

And this summer palace was gradually left behind by them, becoming gorgeous, majestic, and deserted again, and they didn't know when the next time it would become lively again.
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