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and Blake pejoratively use the through step by step of
word partial reason in their collecting particular data, but
poetry and believe that it is a by impulsive re-organizations
barrier to ultimate desirable lifestyle. and leaps of the conceptual and
On the other hand, universal intangible associations among
reason or intellect is used those particular data.
positively by both poets and is
considered to be a bridge to the
union with Absolute Being.

Thus, Rumi and Blake distinguish
reasoning processes and their
operations in different levels.
In their views, the higher level
of thought is occupied by
intellect or universal reason
and the lower level is

positioned by partial reason as
the most superficial mechanical
rational operation of thought.
In other words, partial
reason for Rumi and Blake
refers to the most mechanical

and superficial processes of
thought and corporeal lifestyle,
whereas intellect or universal
reason means an understanding
of the whole, advancing not