Crymela suddenly opened her slight cherry lips slightly, as if she understood something.

Su Ye smiled and said, "Yes, I broke through the limitations of 'in combat' and found a 'first principle' that can achieve my goal outside of combat. This method may be useless to others, nor is it applicable to everyone, it will be opposed by many people, and may not even apply to the future me, but for me now, it is the supreme method of fighting. This supreme method is very simple, that is, before fighting, you can use all your strength to accumulate strength, including learning magic, improving your status, gaining attention from masters, meeting partners, building commercial alliances, exchanging money for magical tools, strengthening your own magic, etc. to enhance yourself, and then, with powerful strength, defeat any enemy in battle."

Crymela widened her eyes and said, "I like this supreme method. Moreover, from your way of thinking, it seems that you can summarize another method or thinking, that is, if you want to solve something, don't just be limited to it, and you can jump out. For example, you obviously want to find a supreme method of fighting, but the result is found outside of the battle. This method seems to be regarded as the 'first principle' in a certain field."

Su Ye smiled slightly and said, "Your keenness and wisdom are amazing. This concept is called subversive innovation. For example, ancient humans could only collect wild food, but some of the sages jumped out of the scope of ‘collected’ and began to ‘plant’. Some of the sages jumped out of the scope of ‘hunting’ and completed ‘breeding’.”

Su Ye still has many examples of disruptive innovation in his mind. From Euclidean geometry to non-Euclidean geometry, from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics, from horse-drawn carriages to fuel vehicles, from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles, they all directly break out of certain limitations in the original field, and they are all disruptive innovations.

"I understand that in the field of 'innovation', this kind of disruptive innovation can be regarded as a 'first principle'. Of course, this is just the first principle in the field of innovation that I think is the first principle in the field of innovation, and others can also find their own first principle in the field of innovation." Clemela said.

Su Ye sighed in his heart that the girl was so smart and continued: "You said it very correctly. In fact, we cannot do without the broad first principles at any time. To give the simplest example, there are two mothers who have children, but in the field of "caring for children", the first principles of the two are different. One mother believes that it is most important to protect the child with all her strength, that is, the first principle of her love for children is "protection". The other mother believes that giving children appropriate setbacks and exercises is more important, that is, the first principle of her love for children is "exercise."

"So, because the two mothers follow different first principles, they treat their children very differently. By extension, there are one or more ‘first principles’ in each of us. This first principle, which governs our language, actions and thinking, etc., and ultimately determines everything about us."

"I have always liked to say to myself that if my language, actions and thinking are right, then I have long been the top person in my field, but I am not the top master of the magic world, then, I must be in something I am not doing well enough. Which aspect is not good enough? It is because I have not found a better 'first principle' in every field. Even if I have heard of this 'first principle', I have not done as I do, so my words, behaviors, thinking, abilities, etc. are not good enough, so I am not the top master of the magic world."

"I'm a little confused," Clemera said.

"This is a very profound theory, but it seems very simple. We can understand almost immediately the sentence "There is a first principle in every field" and we will mistakenly think that we understand, but in fact, as our thinking deepens, we will find ourselves becoming more and more confused. However, if we continue to think, constantly think, and practice, we will truly understand. If anyone thinks that he can fully understand it at a glance, either the brain avoids fatigue and thinks habitually deceives himself, or he has truly mastered the first principle like Master Socrates and Master Plato and changed the world. If you don't understand, I am very happy because you can recognize yourself." Su Ye said.

"How can you fully understand the first principles?" Clemera asked.

"With the theme of 'first principle', write a book, a book that you can understand and others can understand. Then, this means that you truly understand, understand, and master the first principles." Su Yedao.

"Do you fully understand the first principles?" A glimmer of light flashed in the girl's eyes.

"I have only recently discovered the concept of first principles. If I am a little arrogant, I can say that it can take about ten years to master it. If I am a little humble, I may spend my whole life learning."

"So, how do you learn and master the first principles?" Clemera asked.

Su Ye smiled and said, "After talking about the basic concept of the first principle, we need to learn how to use the first principle. There are several key points to learn first principle. The first point is 'truth governing the truth', and do not use truth to govern the truth. In other words, use truth as the first principle, and do not use the general principles that everyone says as the first principle."

"Can you give an example?" Crymela said.

"When we are doing alchemy or refining potions, it seems that we put all the ingredients in a container, which is similar to cooking. So, can we say that alchemy and refining potions are cooking?" Su Ye asked.

"It sounds reasonable, it sounds similar, but I don't think I can say that."

"Yes, the reason is very simple. In this wrong statement, we only extract 'similarity' or 'similarity', and ignore 'different' and 'difference', and ignore the huge difference in essence. If we always use general principles to explain the phenomenon, we will always fall into the 'understanding trap' and thus miss the truth. We can connect 'reason' and 'truth' to facilitate memory and learning, but we must learn to distinguish."

"The first key point is to extend it, that we should ‘better’ use the solid theories of basic disciplines as our first principles, rather than the common sayings and principles in life as our first principles." Su Yedao.

"Can you give an example?" Clemera said.

Su Ye smiled and said, "Very good. You didn't say it, you understood, and you didn't feel embarrassed about asking questions."

"For example, we should find a first principle for the 'learning field'. We found that there are classification methods in botany, and we usually place things and classify them. Then, we should choose a more systematic classification method in botany, rather than choosing the classification method in life as our first principle."

"For example, 'equivalent exchange' is the foundation of alchemy, but our daily trading seems to be an equivalent exchange and has similarities. If we want to choose the first principle among the two, we must choose the equivalent exchange in alchemy, rather than choose the buying and selling transaction in life."

"I still don't quite understand why similar things cannot be replaced? I understand this principle, but I don't understand why." Clemela said.

Su Ye thought about it and said slowly: "Everyone has a different perspective on this principle. My perspective is that since we want to choose a path, should we choose a path that changes in length, width, and landform at any time, or a grand road that remains unchanged for a long time?"

"The latter." Crymela said.

"If we choose a guiding light, should we choose a light that is bright and dark, sometimes big and sometimes small, sometimes not, or should we choose a light that is stable, bright, constant and clear?"

"The latter." Crymela said.

"Then, you can find that buying, selling and trading in the market is changing, and there are even selling money, selling at a high price, and there is no real measure. However, in alchemy, equivalent exchange is currently and even a long time and cannot be overturned. Then, the concept of equivalent exchange in alchemy is more like that grand road and that eternal light." Su Yedao.

"The question is, how do we determine that our own first principle must be a grand road and an eternal light?" Clemela said.

Su Ye spread his hands and said, "It is impossible to be sure, even the solid theories of various disciplines may change and may be subverted. However, the solid theories of basic disciplines are 'relatively' closer to the truth than other theories and principles. Since there are things closer to the truth, why should we choose those who are far away from the truth? Just because things that are far away from the truth are close to us, we are easy to obtain, so do we give up our pursuit of 'more truth'?"

Climera remained silent for a long time, her eyes leaped.

Su Ye continued: "The second key point of the first principle is to 'pay attention to the boundaries of application'. Each first principle has a limited area of ​​coverage."

"Each of us has many fields. Take myself as an example, there is the field of magic, learning, business, social, life, thinking... and so on. Take the social field as an example, this field also needs to be subdivided, such as 'family exchange', 'school exchange', 'work exchange', etc., and we can continue to subdivided according to different communication objects. The reason for subdivision is that it is difficult for us to communicate with everyone in the 'same way'."

"I would like to give a mistake that everyone can make. When I was in Lion Port, I met a small boss who found that if he treated the workers well, those workers would be scammers. However, if he was harsh and often threatened, those workers would be obedient. For example, if he asked a worker to do something, he would intimidate and say that if he couldn't do it well, he would lower his rewards, and if he couldn't do it well, he would beat him. He kept speaking to the workers in a terrifying tone, and it was always smooth, and then he was complacent, and even publicized everywhere that he had found a good way to manage workers, believing that this could solve all problems. Then, his intimidation thinking when 'communicating with workers' is his first principle."

"Later, I discovered something that surprised me. He actually treated his wife and son in a 'intimidating' way. His wife and children were often frightened by him. Later, his children grew up and began to resist him. He was not a wise person. He didn't know how to reflect. He couldn't think about why this happened. He only felt that doing so was effective for workers and everything. He was not wrong, and the child must be wrong. As a result, his son ran away from home and was killed by the stolen group."

"Just when he was desperate, he had a conflict with a bronze warrior, so he actually intimidated the other party. As a result, the bronze warrior was annoyed by him, smashed his shop, and often brought people to harass him, eventually causing him to go bankrupt. This matter sounds incredible, but in fact, everyone is making similar mistakes."

"We cannot communicate with different people in the same way, that is, we cannot use a first principle to govern all areas." Su Yedao.

Krimela thought for a while and said, "I probably understand what you mean. However, there seems to be other things behind this point, infinitely subdivided, and there seems to be something hidden."

"Very good, you are indeed a spiritual follower of the masters. Divide the big fields into medium fields, divide the medium fields into small fields, divide the small fields into micro fields, and continue to subdivided, and divide them to the point where they are indivisible. For each field, we must use different thinking, behavior or language to find their own 'first principles'. This method is especially suitable for 'single-prolonging medicine'. For example, if a person only studies 'lifelong medicine' throughout his life, he can use this method to study 'lifelong medicine' to the extreme. What did you think of this method? Please answer, Climela." Su Ye smiled.

"Atomic theory!" Climela replied happily.

"Yes! This theory of continuous decomposition is based on 'atomic theory', but through atomic theory, a kind of thinking behind Master Democritus is extracted. This kind of thinking is called 'reduction theory'. Reduction theory is a kind of infinite separation thinking."

"The first principle, in some aspects, is exactly the opposite of reductionism. It is not to pursue more detailed and deeper, but to pursue higher and less directions. For example, if we want to do a good job in the 'social field', I don't need to consider how many categories there are or how many situations there are. I just need to find one or several methods of the minority supreme, one or several constant thinking, and under the guidance of these thinking, we will deal with everyone. Some people say that this is impossible, I will say that it is difficult, but I will try to pursue it! For example, in the social field, 'win-win thinking' may be considered a first principle."

"I like your statement, and in addition, I admit my mistakes to you. From now on, there is no 'impossibility' in my world, only 'I can learn'." Clemela is like a cheerful little bird.

Her smile and the brilliance in her eyes completely covered the birthmark on her face.

Su Ye smiled and said, "The first principle is itself a first principle, and reductionism is also a first principle."

Krimela passed the whole sentence in her mind, and after thinking about it, she nodded vigorously.

"I see."

"The third key point of the first principle is to use it continuously and repeatedly. Only by using it continuously and focusing on it can we truly master it and transform it into our abilities. Many people will feel that the process of hard work is very hard, but why not imagine the sweetness after completion?"

"Your words are like the North Star guiding the way, and like the thunder of the God King." In Climera's eyes, it was as bright as the starry sky.

Su Ye smiled slightly and said, "This is the rule I got after studying the experiences of countless masters and sages: they were very lucky to discover some powerful first principle since childhood, believe it, and then follow their first principles to do things, and eventually achieve extraordinary and shine for generations. I may not be lucky enough. I have been ordinary since I was a child, but as long as I find my first principle and keep doing it, then I may not be extraordinary, but I will be infinitely close to extraordinary and far surpass the original me."

"You are lucky and wise." Crymera's eyes were hot.

"We are all lucky. The only difference between us in the future is to accept this luck or throw it away." Su Ye said.

"I have held it hard because of your storm!" Climera clenched her small fist hard.

"What a good boy." Su Ye smiled slightly.

Krimera's eyes were wandering like a small river, and she whispered softly: "You are only sixteen years old, only four years older than me."

Su Ye was stunned for a moment, smiled slightly, pointed to the lines on the blackboard and said, "The first principle is what I taught in my first class, it is also the first class I dreamed of when I was a child, and it is the first class I dreamed of in my life. It is a pity that no one explained the first principle to me in the first class of life, but since then, there have been no regrets."

Crymela stared at Su Ye.

"This day is the luckiest day in my life. I am sure that not only Aristotle, even Master Plato or Master Socrates, will not be able to give me such an important first lesson in life. From now on, you will be my eternal teacher." Clemela's crisp voice was full of firmness.

Su Ye smiled slightly and said nothing. However, his class was standing on the shoulders of countless giants, far surpassing this era. Even Aristotle, who determined the "first principle", was just pursuing the only, eternal, and supreme "first principle" between heaven and earth, and did not really expand the first principle. The first principle of later generations was more lush than Aristotle's first principle.

After a while, Climela asked: "Teacher Su Ye, then, is there an ultimate first principle that is more essential than the essence of magic, and is the only essence of all worlds and the only first principle?"

Su Ye thought for a while and said, "First of all, we can believe that there is an ultimate first principle in this world, and we can even keep pursuing it."

Crymela nodded vigorously.

"Secondly, you must remember the fourth key to learning the first principle, ‘recognize multiple possibilities, maintain multiple angles, believe in all changes, and allow opposition to exist’. We allow, believe, or pursue the ultimate first principle, but we must also believe that the world may not only have 'one' the ultimate first principle."

Su Ye smiled.
Chapter completed!