Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
complex phrase in an unknown foreign tongue, one is not able to repeat it there and then ; but its repetition becomes easy, if it be broken up into the simpler sounds composing it. The reason why we can repeat a word, or phrase, when its composition is known and not otherwise, lies in the fact that the simpler 'elements' of all sounds exist in the soul, as different capacities for vibrating, but not as ready-made words and phrases, so that the articulation of words is really the articulation of certain simple sounds in quick succession. Hence, the moment the practical knowledge of the composition of words is known, pronunciation thereof becomes easy. These facts warrant the inference that the difference between a new born babe and an adult, in respect of phonetic reproduction, lies not in respect of the capacities of the soul, but, solely and simply, in education, i.e., the knowledge of the analytical and synthetical processes which govern those capacities. In this sense, memory is the faculty of combining the simpler elements of the mind into complex forms, the frequency of repetition enabling the will to perform the operation with astonishing rapidity, as if without effort. When the rhythm of the new form becomes firmly established in the mind, we call it habit or disposition; and it is this habit, or disposition, which offers opposition to the admission of anything new. The easeloving nature of will makes it averse to leave the beaten track and strike out into new paths. It loathes trouble of every kind, but delights in roaming over familiar ground. Hence, things with which it has not become sufficiently familiarized are liable to be forgotten. Knowledge acquired by pure cramming,' therefore,