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