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Chapter 67 spinning top

kafka short stories 卡夫卡 375Words 2018-03-20
There was a philosopher who was always walking up and down where the children were playing.Whenever he sees a boy with a top, he lurks.Before the top spun, the philosopher stared at it and was about to catch it.He ignored the children's yelling and trying to keep him out of their toys, and he grabbed the top as long as it was spinning, with great delight, but only for a short time, and then he slid it away. Throw it on the ground and walk away.He believes that knowing every small thing, such as a spinning top, is enough to achieve general understanding, so he never studies big problems, he thinks that is not economical.If the smallest gadget is really known, then everything is known, so he only studied the spinning top.As long as someone is going to spin a top, he has hope and can succeed. As soon as the top is spun, he feels that hope running towards him out of breath, becomes a certainty, but he puts the boring piece of wood The thing was in his hand, and he felt disgusted, and the children's cries, which he had not heard before, suddenly entered his ears and drove him away. The spinning top under the whip staggered away.

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