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education and intelligence.
By these two methods the doctrine of Anekant functions as under :
(1) It logically scrutinizes the merits of all one-dimensional views, which it comes across.
(2)
Then by this process it comes to know the relationship of each view with the facts and circumstances which purport to give justification to its existence.
(3) The inquiry of this relationship supplies clue to the explanation of the views under consideration.
(4) Then comes the process of synthesis of different relative views which may be even contradictory to each other.
This is in fact a process of logic, reasoning and analysis fortified by experience. This very process increases the element of understanding and necessity of synthesis. This understanding clarifiees the whole situation and enables one to chalk out his plan of action to solve the problem faced by
him.
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