Monster Hunting High School
Chapter 1931

"Truth, Philosophy, and My Worldview" (Part 2)

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"...From the perspective of Magic Philosophy, giving the concept of 'truth' a clear definition is no easy task. For the word 'truth' carries different meanings, depending on whether it concerns an empirical fact, a magical theorem, or a new theory of magical interpretation."

"And as for the concept of 'truth' itself, I simply cannot imagine any clear substance to it... Future magical exploration may weaken the influence of traditional Classical Magic theories by encouraging broader causal thinking and offering perspectives from higher dimensions. I firmly believe that all meticulous magical research should be founded on a fervent conviction, akin to religious feeling, in the knowability of reason or the world itself."

"That deeply rooted conviction—that the knowable world is the manifestation of a super-rationality—is my understanding of 'truth.' Put in simpler terms, it may be called the 'Pan-Magic Philosophy Theory'... I can only view 'Classical Magic Cognition' from the perspectives of Magic History and magical psychology. Beyond that, I have nothing whatsoever to do with it."

"...I strongly yearned for a simple and orderly life. And I often found myself unable to tolerate the excessive striving of my compatriots, which I rejected. I believed that simple distinctions based on bloodline and race were unreasonable, for in the end, they relied on violence as their foundation. I also believed that a simple life, whether physically or spiritually, benefited every being."

"I did not believe at all that there could be such freedom among wizards in the philosophical sense... Every wizard's actions were not only compelled by the outside world, but also had to conform to inner necessity. Archwizard Arthur Schopenhauer said, 'A wizard can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.'... I had always felt that the vulgar goals pursued through possessing magic—gold, power, honor, and a

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