Caiphus: How do I fully begin to understand?
Moralam: To understand anything you must first think, for thought is the foundation in which the pillars of knowledge are cemented. Knowledge without thought is hearsay; furthermore, it is a heresy.
Caiphus: So thought is the key to understanding?
Moralam: True understanding also requires experience. Experience is the crowning glory of knowledge, it is an impenetrable shield. What tribute to the gods is a temple with a leaky roof? Truly experience is that roof.
Caiphus: Then sensation and intellect are inextricably intertwined.
Moralam: Yes. There is another aspect of this relationship, which is the presence of feeling. Empathy is the beautiful story of life that is carved into the temple walls, it is the wonderful beautification of homely knowledge, transforming it into something aesthetically pleasing. Emotions are key to the truest understanding, for knowledge in and of itself is like a great fortress with no warriors. Without passion we are dead in life, loveless we bear our soul's coffin, and logic is but an effervescent machine - active, efficient, but without desire.
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