There is a famous deep meditation garden in Kyoto of Japan, after the architect builds this deep meditation garden and finishes, invite Mikado and resist looking at.
Mikado walks with a light, cautious tread to suggest travel by night and highly praises inside the deep meditation garden: "Here is very beautiful, really the originally full-time most beautiful flower garden. "
Saying, Mikado pointed to the garden a stone by the pond was said: "This stone, is the most beautiful stone in the whole flower garden. "
After the architect on one side hears, let people move this most beautiful stone at once.
Mikado asks in surprise: "Why do so? "
The architect answers respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is like this: If there is very showy a thing in the flower garden, will destroy the harmony around, I remove it, there is no flaw perfectly at long last here. "
Ancient Greece remarkable philosopher Socrates ' 469 B.C.- 399)It is Plato's teacher. He has developed far-reaching influence on western philosophy. Socrates is exploring the truth constantly in all one's life, because is skillful in making statement, often refute those shallow people thinking knowledge erudite gapingly, so he enjoy very prestige more among the masses of young man, unfortunate on 399 B.C. conservatives in order to instigate youth, humiliate Athens stand trial in public by charge of god noble, sentence to death.
According to the stipulations of law of Athens at that time, the method to put the prisoner to death is granting with a cup of poisonous wine, but in one month when lock up before putting to death, the court allows the prisoner's relatives and friends to visit a prisoner. A lot of young people went to the prison to visit Socrates everyday at that time, among them there is one that was called the youth that Kelly held and asked Socrates had while having any no words of the deceased, Socrates answers: "I have no other it to ask, only those words I said to you at ordinary times, please keep firmly in mind on the heart. You must keep the high moral principle, if you do not live like that according to what I said, no matter you until how much promise I make, can't comfort my ghost either now. " He stands up to bath after finishing saying.
That evening when Socrates will put to death soon, he sent and opened one's own wife and daughter, leave student striking many, west rice inferior then, west handkerchief in he then, Kelly ask, talk about question that soul lives forever. Soon, the prison soldier has come in, say: "I transmit orders, want prisoner take poison wine, they hate incantation curse I, but I must carry out higher authorities order whenever. You are the noblest person of a lot of prisoners here, so I think you will never hate me, only can go animosity those want people to put to death you, I receive assignments to carry out the order now, wish you to receive less the agony. Don't, my friend. " Finish saying and have one's face covered with tears, has left the prison house. The figure that Socrates looked at the prison soldier is said: "Don't, friend, I will do according to what you said. " Then he turns round again the head comes, say to those young men affably: "It is really a good person, since put in prison oneself, he has come to visit me everyday, also talk with me sometimes, intimate. He sheds tears for me now, what a kindhearted person! Kelly asks, you come over, if the poisonous wine has been already ready, will go to fetch at once, otherwise please allocate as soon as possible. " Kelly asks and answers: "It is said the prisoner that has will hear and will be executed, always delays by every possible means, in order to enjoy a sumptuous dinner. Please not be impatient, have time! " Socrates says at this moment: "True you are right, it is blameless that those people do it in this way, because in their view, delaying taking poison, the wine got some things; But for me, postponing taking poison, the time of wine can not obtain anything, on the contrary, grudge the life and obtain the behavior of a delicious meal like that and should be disdained in my view, let's go to bring the wine. Please respect my requirement. "
Having given to the person that the poison shed for a moment, Socrates is calm, remain calm, take over the wineglass and empty a glass at one gulp.
The person present weeps with grief for losing such a good friend all without exception. Socrates is very unhappy when seeing this, he says: "Why are you with such woolen cloth? I for prevent the scene from send, walk people of family, as the saying goes: Fear nothing in the face of perils, meet one's death like a hero. Please be a bit stronger! " Socrates has continued pacing in the room for a moment, says one's own two legs are numb, lie down. The person who sends the wine touches his health, think that there is a steam yet. Socrates said mutter suddenly: "Kelly asked, you come over, we once borrowed a cock to CrayResearch skin darkly then, please don't forget to pay him. " Having finished saying, this great philosopher has closed eyes, has left this world quietly.