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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Goal of Life Chapter 3: Faith, Schools of Thought and World Vision Intellectual and philosophical definition, as well as faith are essential requirements of a soundly conceived ideology. It presupposes a universal perspective based on a particular logic and insight and supported by a systematic reasoning concerning the world, as well as faith.

Faith gives it the power of creating attachment and love for objectives higher than the individualistic and private ones, a fact recognised in some modern schools of thought like existentialism. They intend to create an ideology minus faith. They wish to set up a system on pure philosophy, without faith, as a kind of love for a higher objective, and that is not possible. Sometimes they set up a remote shadow which is based on human fancy, and nothing more.

Yet, an ideology is based on faith that makes it sacred, If its foundation is not faith and is merely an intellectual system, it cannot rouse love and affection, since it lacks a logical basis, though it can be imposed by force or suggestion. A school of thought is a single, practical system, and not only a theoretical one or something related to theoretical sciences. This system means the idea about what exists.

For example, Aristotle's or Newton's physics each represents a theoretically conceived system. A practical system is what it is. For the ancients too, knowledge was divided into theoretical and practical. In an empirical system, an investigation aims at finding out the best way, such as concerning how should man live, and how a society ought to be, one pillar of it is organization, which consists of parts each of which has its own place, task and significance.

It cannot be a collection of scattered thoughts which cannot lead to a coherent system, A school of thought is a collection of harmonious ideas related to real life, that is, what it should be and what it should not be. Theoretical thoughts are its basis and spirit, That is why we said every ideology is based on a universal perspective, which, in turn, means viewing the world as it is, as distinct from viewing man as he should be.

The spirit of a school of thought must, on one hand, possess vision and evaluation of existence, and on the other, create ideals, that is, not only a philosophical basis but a religious basis .