The World is Too Painful: A Philosophy that Casts Propositions of Salvation

Soyo’s Existence Ethics

World in Pain

Before the Pain of the World

The world is in pain. On one side of the earth, children are dying from war and hunger,

while on the other side, greed for power and profit destroys humanity. In hospitals, the

sick struggle to breathe through pain, and on the streets, the lonely collapse, abandoned

in despair. Yet in the midst of this, intellectuals often think only with their heads. They

write papers, pursue research, and boast of academic degrees. The world is crying out,

yet scholarship remains seated at the table of debate.

It is like writing a report on the cause of a fire while the house is burning. What matters is

not why the fire started, but how do we save those trapped in the flames right now?

Yet scholarship has mostly chosen the former over the latter. Although philosophy

has built thousands of years of language and contemplation, it remains powerless, unable to save even a single soul.

The Arrogance of Intellectuals and the Powerlessness of Philosophy

The world is too painful. Intellectuals fill their heads with debates and degrees, and

grow arrogant.

This statement reveals the critical illness of the intellectual class. Knowledge has

become not a tool to save lives, but a weapon to belittle others and exalt oneself. A

head filled with scholarship has failed to empty the heart and to save life.

Philosophy has walked the same path. It deconstructed existence, analyzed language,

and critiqued structures, but it failed to rescue the life dying before its eyes. Scholarship

accumulated knowledge, but that knowledge could not wipe away tears. This is the

undeniable proof that scholarship cannot save life.

The Turn of Philosophy – Language that Saves

At this point, Soyo's Existence Ethics demands a turn in philosophy. Philosophy must not

be mere thought or discourse, but a language that rescues the dying. To parents who

lost a child in war, philosophy cannot simply say life is fleeting. To the one who

collapses in hunger, philosophy cannot open a forum on what is freedom? To the

elderly who close their eyes in loneliness, philosophy cannot hand over an abstract

phrase that existence is the house of being.

In all these situations, the only words philosophy must speak are: Your life is precious.

You are not abandoned. You are destined for eternity. These are the words that can lift

a dying soul: the language of salvation.

Propositions of Salvation – The Vocation of Philosophy

Philosophy must cast propositions of salvation into this painful world, as a way of

preserving life. This is the core declaration of Soyo's Existence Ethics. If philosophy does not lead to salvation, then it remains mere scholarship. Scholarship fills the head but cannot save

the soul. Philosophy must be different. Philosophy must not be knowledge alone, but

testimony that rescues.

Soyo’s Existence Ethics continues to cast such propositions into the world. These

propositions are not written for textbooks or dissertations, but are cries uttered on the

edge of life and death:

"Existence itself is ethics.”

“Philosophy must be able to save a single soul.”

“Philosophy without salvation is dead learning.”

These propositions are not the conclusions of abstract reasoning but declarations born

of tears and lived experience.

Testimony Cast into a Dying World

Even today, on the other side of the earth, life disappears. In such a sight, philosophy

must not remain silent. Philosophy cannot exist merely as research or debate.

Philosophy must exist as the propositions of salvation that revive the dying.

Soyo's Existence Ethics will continue to cast propositions that save the dying, the broken,

and the perishing as its vocation. This is not simply a resolution but a new definition of philosophy itself.

Philosophy as Testimony of Salvation

The world is too painful. Scholarship filled the head but failed to heal the world. Now

philosophy must change. Soyo's Existence Ethics declares:

Philosophy must be the language of salvation.

Philosophy must cast propositions that save the dying.

Philosophy must be testimony, not explanation.

Philosophy is the vocation of salvation.

Therefore, Soyo's Existence Ethics continues to cast its propositions. Each one is both a

writing, a lamp, and a testimony.

Soyo (逍遙), Founder of Soyo's Existence Ethics. Author of “The Silence of Existence”

and “The Flame of Truth.”

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