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important part. If a man is much prejudiced about a thing he will not perceive it rightly, or if he has a dislike to certain things he will not perceive at all.
Knowledge means that you must have the knowledge of the means. Secondly, you must have the wish to act which comes from a conviction which arises from the mind. The wish to act comes from the second stage, and the third stage is the resolve to act
So that for true knowledge, as just defined, morality is necessary. Knowledge is not only the perception, it is the perception, the desire to act, and the determination to act. All these make up right knowledge (so that mere perception is not knowledge, it is only just on the surface, whereas knowledge goes deep down.)
The presence or absence of these three factors determines the nature of the individuality.
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