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That is to say, we have nothing to argue as to what amount of arguments, in rational terminology, may be sufficient to discover moral problems exactly, faithfully, correctly, errorlessly and doubtlessly. Suffice it to say that schools of reformative philosophy are innumerable and incalculable. And for the purposes of rationality they have not so far travelled beyond "dispute" and "disagreement". But we know that people of divinity conclusively say: "The logicians have wooden feet.

Wooden feet are most treacherous". ( 66 ) Presently our discussion is not in this context. It is rather in this context that what is the sum total of the output of these methods. The people of divinity, morality and mysticism propound the course of love and devotion instead of adopting the course of logic and rationalism.

They say: "Find out a perfect man and develop love, contact and affiliation with him from the depth of your heart, because this is a method safer and quicker than that of wisdom and logic". For purposes of comparison, both these methods are like the old manual method and the mechanical method.

The impact of the force of love and affiliation to remove the moral vices from the heart is identical to the effect of chemical process of purification of metal, e.g., one engraver burns away the circumference of letters with acid, and not with a nail, a point of knife or a thing like that. The effect of the force of reason in refining morals is like the exercise of a man who with manual labour sifts the fragments of iron from the dust. How difficult it is.

If he has one powerful piece of magnet in his hand, it is possible he may with a single effort collect the whole of such fragments. The force of love and affiliation has the qualities of magnet, it musters the vices to oust them. According to the belief of the saints, the love and affiliation with the pious and the perfect is an automatic instrument which of itself musters the evils and expels them.

If endearment has reached such a degree, it would be the best of the conditions, and this is what purifies and lends glory. ( 67 ) Yes those, who have adopted this course, want moral reformation through the force of love and rely on the force of devotion and dedication. Experience has shown that the degree of moral influence, produced by the company of the pious and love with them, could not be achieved by reading hundreds of books on morals.