A MIND ALL LOGIC IS LIKE A KNIFE ALL BLADE IT MAKES THE HAND BLEED THAT USES IT ESSAY RIGHTING
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What's the point of this quote by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore?
A mind all logic is like knife all blade. It bleeds the hand that uses it.
I had to read the quote once, twice and thrice and then was I able to graph out the meaning of syllables. This is what a quote should be, no cheesy dialogue no extensive use of verbs, just plain simple “logic”
Let's work on the quote, quote is quite confusing at first, I'm not driven by impulse which made me sit down and look at it with ease, otherwise It could have been pronounced grammatically incorrect by an intellectual.
Let's now break the quote into three parts.
First:- A mind all logic.
A mind which is fully governed by logic, without any fundamental knowledge about the topic on which decision is made.
Second:- Is like a knife all blade.
What is more useful blade of knife or its handle? Both equally. The writer (used for sake of writing the answer) Is now drawing a connection between the two phrases linked by the conjuction “is”. A parallel has been drawn which suggests logic could only be so much important that it can't overrule the need of having knowledge aboit the think.
Third:- Makes the hand that uses it bleed.
No platonic explanation needed here, it's quite simple and easy to understand if you have understood what was said before. Now both the sentences earlier are compared to an reaction.
What would you expect squeezing the blade of knife with your hand? Blood! While for the other sentence we can assume blood to be symbolic to “pain”.
I must admit this is one of the best piece of phrases I have ever seen, make no independent sense, but culmilatively mean the world.
@skb
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade it makes the hand bleed that uses it
A mind working on logic without humane values such as compassion, sympathy, empathy, care, respect, love, etc. is exactly like a sharp knife that will cut all those who will mishandle it. Without the above mentioned values human mind becomes evil. In place of the good values, it operates under the influence of nefarious and immoral tendencies such as greed, malice, jealousy, hatred, selfishness, etc., which always harm others and give deeper cuts than a real knife.
In the history of mankind much damage to civilization and our planet has been done by those humans who just lived under the influence of cold, apathetic, logical mind. All the wars, conflicts, conspiracies, etc. were the products of the inhumane logical mind only. The truth is mind’s logical faculty is quite limited; its range of perception is quite narrow. On the other hand, the intuitive heart’s range of perception is far bigger. Logical mind can never be connected to the Omniscience of the Creator of the universe. It is only the heart full of compassion and love that can accomplish this feat.
Wise men and women tried to teach mankind through beautiful plays, stories, novels, etc. how the insidious logic minds work and how to keep it under control; however, the mankind has learnt very slowly from them.
All great seers, prophets, messiahs, leaders, philosophers, and teachers of mankind were men of humane and divine emotions. They tamed their logic under the humane values and made the world a better place. Jesus had compassion on all the sick and needy and healed them. Lincoln had compassion for the slaves, who were human beings also, and worked for their emancipation.
In conclusion, we can say that we must not carry the sharpness of cold logic in our minds only, we should call the warmth of love and compassion in it too.