In this Hogwarts without a savior

Chapter 223 221. Muggle Philosophy

Lunch was great.

It can be seen that Sir Stoke is in a good mood. At the dinner table, he talked with Jon about many things, most of which were his life at sea over the years.

"Actually, at first I wanted to go further north and find a place to settle in the Arctic Circle. But the normal life there became a problem. I have to burn the fireplace all year round. This is not only for me, but also for Rabiel. The burden was heavy, so in the end I gave up on the idea."

Jon was not flattering, but said it sincerely.

"The scenery here is very good. If I retire in the future, I will also consider this place to spend my old age."

"Actually, when I first came here, my life was not so smooth." Stoke recalled, "Because this place does not belong to the waterway of Muggles, it was once classified as a marine magical animal sanctuary by the Norwegian Ministry of Magic. Many magical creatures that used to be offshore have been driven here."

"There are also those mermaids. The Ministry of Magic did not order them to move, but they were forced to move here. They used to live in the waters along the coast, but now the waters are seriously polluted by Muggles, and they are easy to be killed by humans." found out, that’s why they migrated here collectively.”

"It is precisely because of this experience that when they learned that a wizard moved here to live, they didn't like me. Until later, one of their clansmen was accidentally injured and fell to my tower to be treated by me. Well, my impression of me has changed a bit.”

What he said made people feel a little bit embarrassed, not only the magical animals on land and alien races like giant centaurs have less and less living space, even those in the ocean are the same.

As long as the wizards still decide to maintain the "Act of Secrecy" for a day, then this situation is unlikely to be changed. With the expansion of Muggles to nature, they will always gradually understand the world clearly. It's just that big.

Sir Stoke asked suddenly.

"I don't know Professor Johnson, what do you think of Muggles?"

Jon didn't catch how deep his question was, it felt like it was just a casual question.

"I don't have any prejudice against Muggles." He said, "Although Durmstrang was more concerned about bloodlines at the beginning of the school, in fact, in the school, everyone is very open about the issue of bloodlines. Ability is key."

Jon is not talking nonsense about this, Durmstrang’s style of study is indeed a bit like the law of the jungle, as long as you are good enough within the rules, you can get more resources than others, not as fair as Hogwarts , but it is not just about blood.

Sir Stoke laughed.

"I think most wizards should have no prejudice against Muggles, except for those old things who are proud, arrogant, and stubborn. But in the end, the reason why those old-fashioned people hate Muggles is also because of historical issues , Muggles were really ignorant in the past, especially they did a lot of things that hurt wizards."

"Just since the beginning of this century, the Muggle world has completely changed."

When talking about this, Sir Stoke became very interested. He seemed to have a deep understanding of Muggle history.

"Muggles are no longer as ignorant as before. They are actually beginning to gradually understand the world, and understand the rules of this world from their own perspective in a way that is completely different from ours."

"In my opinion, for wizards, the rules of the world are not constant. Our consciousness can change matter. There is a stone in front of us. When we close our eyes, we start to think about whether this thing in front of us is what we use. When we see a stone with our eyes, our will will drive the magic power to make changes to the world. If we firmly believe that the stone is a sheep, then there is no magic wand and spell, as long as our will is strong enough, The stone that closed its eyes will turn into a sheep when it opens its eyes."

"But it's different for Muggles. In their eyes, the rules of the world are constant. A stone is a stone. There is no way for them to change even the slightest bit because of their strong will. Matter is the foundation of the world and has the first nature. Consciousness is second nature, and human consciousness cannot directly make any changes to the world."

Jon looked at Sir Stoke in surprise.

He didn't expect there to be wizards in the wizarding world, he had such a deep understanding of Muggle theories, and he was such a wizard with a wizarding family heritage.

"Whether the rules are constant or not is actually the concept of who dominates, matter or will. I didn't expect Sir, you also know about the philosophy of Muggles?"

Neville and the others sitting around were basically confused, only Hermione blinked her eyes in a half-knowledge.

After seeing that Jon was obviously no stranger to what he said, Sir Stoke had a surprised expression on his face.

"Professor Johnson also knows something about the Muggle philosophy of understanding the world?"

Jon babbled casually.

"Before I became a professor of transfiguration, I was actually a professor of Muggle studies for a period of time, so I have some understanding of these. But I need to correct you, Sir, in terms of matter and will, whether the rules of the world are constant Muggles aren't really unified in the matter."

"Although there are many Muggles who believe that matter precedes will, and the function of will can only be used to understand matter, there are also many Muggles who believe that there is an omniscient and omnipotent god in this world, and there is no shortage of such people among wizards, right? ?”

Sir Stoke said undeniably.

"Indeed, there are a large number of such people among Muggles. In fact, our existence proves that what they believe is not wrong. Maybe the so-called omniscient and omnipotent god is a wizard with unprecedented magical power?"

"But the people who have made the biggest contribution to the Muggle world are people with another kind of thinking. For us, what they firmly believe must be wrong. Matter can be changed according to the will of wizards. But for them , what they firmly believe is correct, because they do not know magic, they can only passively understand the substances and rules of this world, rather than change them."

"It is precisely because of this difference in understanding of the world that the wizarding world and the Muggle world have developed in two completely different directions. It is just that the development of wizards has gone through thousands of years, and the magic we have gradually improved. development has only just begun.”

"But in the first few years, they have done a feat that wizards have not done or even thought of for thousands of years."

(End of this chapter)