राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

60 NATIONAL EDUCATION
The learner will inevitably draw ana-
logies and argue from like to like. He
should be encouraged to use his faculty
while noticing its limitations and
errors. In this way he will be trained
to form the habit of correct analogy
which is an indispensable and in the
acquisition of knowledge.
The one faculty we have omitted,
apart from the faculty of direct
reasoning, is Imagination. This is a
most important and indispensable
instrument. It may be divided into
three functions, the forming of mental
images, the power of creating thoughts
images and imitations or new combi-
nations of existing thoughts and
images, the appreciation of the soul in
things, beauty, charm, greatness, hid-
den suggestiveness, the emotion and
spiritual life that prevades the world.
This is in every way, as important as