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Bowl of Saqi for November 23
REASON IS LEARNED FROM THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD, BUT
TRUE KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM THE ESSENCE OF LIFE.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary by Hazrat Samuel L. Lewis:
The rational faculty is dependent upon something which is not
in and of the mind itself. Either it accepts "a priori"
concepts or intuitions or else it produces "a posteriori"
conclusions drawn from external observations. The idea of "a
priori" conclusions -- that is to say, conclusions drawn prior
to experience -- is good when they are founded upon faith,
that is to say, the attunement of heart. But even intuition is
of no value unless it is put into practice in life.
So far as the mind depending on the senses, not even the
scientists do this. Some philosophers have falsely drawn
conclusions by this method, but when the philosopher's
reasoning is examined, it is generally found that he has
assumed "a Priori" that conclusions must be "a posteriori". In
other words, it has been something other than reason which has
proclaimed the value and supremacy of reason. This is the
fallacy and dilemma of all worldly thinkers.
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