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118 International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (29): 103-136, Winter 2022
Blake believes that reason philosophers and syllogisers
and philosophy are like the and states:
chains that restrict man’s mind
and are against imagination The leg of the syllogizers is of wood
that paves the way for pure A wooden leg is very infirm
life, salvation and union (Rumi, 1990)
with God. He believes that Chittick believes that barriers
philosophy is even unable to of understanding metaphysics,
explain the simple natural the descent of spirit from
phenomenon in this world. the unseen world to the
Therefore, he states: materialistic world, and the
exposure of God’s will to the
A Riddle or the Crickets Cry
Is to Doubt a fit Reply existence of negligent in the
The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile universe indicate that the
Make Lame Philosophy to smile materialistic world is a
(Blake, 103-106, E 492) mixture of truth and falsehood.
In other words, when man
Thus, Blake believes that came to the material world,
observation of the nature and there were veils between him
creatures are the direct way and the unseen world and the
to reach to the truth and veils prevented man from
reality while learning and complete understanding of the
acquiring knowledge is the indirect truth in the unseen world.
way which sometimes even (Chittick, 1983: 34)
leads man to the deviated path. Rumi believes that the most
By the same token, Rumi important feature of these
also criticizes philosophy and veils is man’s limited reason,
