Chapter 45 <raise the bar>

A certain person is a person who likes to argue with others, and he speaks very loudly.One day, he went to friend B's house to play, and he lifted it up as soon as he entered the door. B: You are small, but you have a loud voice. A: A small person can't have a loud voice?Don't you see that the cicadas (cicadas) on the tree are very small?It barks much louder than mine!Did you say it has a low voice? B: How do you compare people with cicadas?Cicadas climb high, so they bark very loudly. A: You're not right, don't frogs croak too loudly?Can you say that frogs also climb high?

B: The frog squawks loudly because it has a big mouth. A: The mouth of the dung pan is much larger than that of the frog. Why can't the dung pan even scream? B: The dung pan is made of bamboo. It has no life, so of course it doesn't scream. A: Xiao is also made of bamboo. Why does it make noise? B: Because Xiao has holes, it will only sound if someone blows it. A: Mi sieve has many more holes than Xiao, why can't it blow? B was really angry, so he said with a pun: because he had too many eyes, he used to talk nonsense.Therefore, it is punished to be dumb so that it cannot make a sound.Otherwise, it always likes to mess around with people.

It is a good thing for a person to like to debate. It can get to the bottom of the problem and figure it out.But not all debates are meaningful and worth advocating. In order for the debate to be carried out effectively and not to fall into unnecessary disputes, the law of logical identity must be strictly followed to ensure the certainty of the topic.What we call bickering in our daily life is a typical violation of the law of identity. This is the case with A in the above story.He subjectively and arbitrarily selects the superficial similarities of things as the basis, rambling from people to cicadas and frogs, and from frogs to dung pans, Xiao and rice sieves. His thoughts are like running wild horses. The topic was changed again and again, and the question was never clear.

A sophist who likes to argue has a prominent feature, that is, he will not agree with others on any issue at any time. Even if the other party's point of view is correct, he will put forward all kinds of fallacies to make sophistry, and never admit defeat . We should prevent and oppose such worthless polemics.