For these reasons love and wisdom have been introduced as...

For these reasons love and wisdom have been introduced as two rivals in saintly literature. The rivalry between the philosophers and the saints emanates from this very source, because the former place reliance on and seek confidence from the authority of wisdom while the latter do so from the force of love. In the saintly literature, in the field of this rivalry wisdom has always been recognised to have been dominated and overpowered. Sa'di says: "The well wishers advise throwing…