I have learnt many great lessons from the ouvres of Rabindranath Tagore.

This 193rd
amorphism , written in such a finesse, almost snared me to take sides in the great conflict of
Heart, the Solomon and Mind, the Scrooge. If I were logic, I would complain being endowed
with certain adjectives like cold, harsh, blatant and calculated. From time immemorial logic
has furnished himself with longanimity against tirades of heart. Even if philosophy of
Swami Vivekananda, that in conflict of heart and mind heart shall be followed, tell me
otherwise, let us see things from prespective of logic.

Much before hellenistic times, a man looks at thunderous sky and wonders as to why and
how does water come down in drops to earth. His quest to understand the rain cycle leads
him to a holy man who tells him that rain is the god sharing his bounty with us. But, the
question of how was moot. Then he questions a minister. “ the king must have done a good
deed. Long live the king! (the king is dead). This inquisitive man could only find a rational
answer only after when cycle of rain was deciphered scientifically. Everything is governed by
the universal laws of nature. Everythind is pre-destined to be in a golden ratio. There is a
cause to every effect, neccesity for discovery. Then why, thought stoics like Zeno and
rationalists like Spinoza, to flow with feelings, piled up passions- source of all evils.

For mankind, reason has beena tool for explaining everything starting from meticulous
question of egg and chicken to theory of evolution. Reason has only made life simpler by
making it more comprehensible. Logically, it is the right part of the brain governing the left
part of the body and the left part of brain governing the right part of the body which are in
conflict when it comes to dichotomy of sentiments and senses. The real frenemy of logic is
not heart but amygdala located in the right part of the cerebrum, responsible for human
emotions. The only biological connection shared between brain and heart is that variations
in heart beat can effect the reasoning of a man. So by deductive logic of Aristotle, Helen
could have avoided the great Trojan war, had she not succumbed to the entreaties of her
heart. But there are somethings which exist but, can’t be proved. So, can we say that the
Pauli effect is one of the limitations of logic?

A hungary man is about to take the divine morsel from a hard-earned bread but he at once
parts with it to feed it to a beggarly lady. Hume was apparently right. Man is governed by
sentiments rather than reason. He is by nature fallible and compassionate. He feels happy
and sad that too for no good reason, sometimes. Descartes said, “cogito, ergo sum”. Let us
extend it to- I think, therefore I am. I am, therefore i think big. I think of flying with dragons
in clouds and reside in castle of chocolate. Consciously we believe what we want to beleive
and with this great Suspension of Disbelief comes- Desire.
Where true Love burns Desire is Love’s pure flame;

It is the reflex of our earthly frame,

That takes its meaning from the nobler part,

And but translates the language of the heart. (Coleridge)

Desire- which moves logic to fulfill it. If not fulfilled, it welcomes angst- strongest of all
emotions. Nazis irrationally persecuted jews driven by glorification of nationalism. Mind all
logic may make you bleed but mind all emotion may get you into more serious faux pas. For
Epictetus, we have no power over external things, and good that ought to be the object of
our earnest pursuit, is to be found within ourselves. Every desire degrades us and render us
slaves of what we desire. There is indeed a difference between intelligence and intellect as
there is between knowledge and wisdom. We will have to identify whether we are just
playing puppets in the hands of desire or pure logic or we are weighing the eventualities
with our experiences while taking decisions. Man should take the middle path like Kant did.

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, logic mind. All the wars, conflicts, conspiracies, etc.
were the products of the inhumane logical mind only.
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.

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Judging by the popular press and recent public pronouncements, universities have
fallen out of favour. Hardly a week goes by that universities are not accused of being
"out of touch" with economic reality and unresponsive to current job market needs.

Some have encouraged a systematic effort to direct high-school students away from the
irrelevant university and toward community colleges – so they will at least have a
fighting chance to find employment and live a useful life.

Meanwhile, the federal government and some provincial actors have pointedly provided
or proposed additional funding recently for community colleges, but not for universities,
signalling their view that the market-oriented colleges are the better investment.

The practical value of our professional faculties is rarely challenged: Medicine, Health
Sciences, Engineering, Law, Education and the Telfer School of Management.

What about the Faculty of Science? Our critics may be prepared to concede that the
skills of our chemists, mathematicians, biologists and physicists match usefully with
contemporary needs.
That leaves the social sciences, arts and the humanities.

And now we are getting into grey areas…

How do graduates of our Social Sciences Faculty contribute? Well, psychologists are in
high demand. Criminologists help us understand how to manage some of society's most
challenging issues. Some economists have gone on to rewarding careers—one of them
even serves as Prime Minister of Canada!

And then we get to our Faculty of Arts.

Well then, there is the heart of the problem, you say. Our 7,500 students in that faculty
are at high risk of irrelevance you insist.

But is that so?

The faculty's departments offer courses in 43 disciplines. Many have a direct connection
to careers in high demand. Geography graduates probe the effects of climate change and
help plan effective land use. Those skilled in modern languages hold the key to global
learning, and how best to acquire a second or third language. The communications
department, by far our largest, prepares students for careers in growth areas like new
media, public relations and communications strategy.

But what about the rest? English literature? History? Philosophy?

I can hear the critics now: quaint, narrow and entirely beside the present point, they say.
In some circles, it makes matters even worse that they are described as "the liberal arts."

Let's look at the argument against the humanities and liberal arts – because that's where
the thrust of the criticism seems to land.

Let's examine what these students are learning, how they are learning it, and what
happens to them after graduation.

First, what are our liberal arts students learning? I would argue they are learning skills
that will never go out of style – to be analytical, to weigh competing options and to
communicate effectively. These are skills that will make them valuable, adaptable
employees.

When an English professor sets an essay question on Chaucer, students are asked to
mount and defend an argument, to sift through facts and analyze and interpret them.
They are being taught to think critically.

This capacity for interpretation, analysis, and critical thought is at the heart of a liberal
arts education and fundamental to the humanities.
It is important to individual students, but also to our society. The Internet has made
information of every kind readily accessible. But we sometimes seem to be drowning in
information even as we thirst for knowledge. A mind educated in the arts and
humanities has learned how to sift and to sort, to scan and to scope, bringing judgment
to bear on undifferentiated information. In short, to help us in understanding what we
see and read.

To quote Harvard President Drew Faust: "Human beings need meaning, understanding
and perspective as well as jobs. The question should not be whether we can afford to
believe in such purposes in these times, but whether we can afford not to."

It may surprise you to know that educators in India and China are turning to
universities in Canada for assistance in adding liberal arts and the humanities to their
curricula. They've built strong technical institutes, to be sure, and universities with
world-class curricula in the sciences. But they want graduates who can exercise
independent judgement, based not just on the rote learning that they have perfected,
but also on critical thinking.

They know what the Indian poet and philosopher Tagore said so well:

"A mind that is all logic is like a knife that is all blade: it makes the hand bleed that uses
it."

At recent meetings the University of Ottawa had with some of the big banks, we talked
about recruitment, assuming that they were primarily interested in graduates from our
Bachelor of Commerce program.

But they told us that some of their best people come from the Faculty of Arts. They are
looking for employees with basic, adaptable skills: emotional intelligence, good decision
making, the ability to work as part of a team and strong written and oral communication
skills: the very attributes of our Arts grads. Proof positive of market-based value!

But preparing our students for the job market is only one of our roles.

Let's never forget that universities are important to society for reasons that can't be
measured on a tax return: they are independent sources of reflective thought. Their
unique value to an open society is that they offer safe places for free inquiry,
encouraging challenges to the status quo.

We are not simply a farm team for big league business, nor a feeder system for the
Fortune 500.

Universities are not, indeed, trade schools, nor mere instruments in someone's
economic tool kit. And when it comes to our students and their future, our concern is as
much for the person they will become as it is with the work that they will do.
And if we maintain that focus and produce graduates with the values and the insight to
build a stronger society and a better country, we will surely have succeeded in our most
important task.

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.

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Extremely logical people are very intelligent and practical. Their minds are sharp and
undulled by the rust of emotion and the nicks of fear and embarrassment. They think in
straight lines and angles. They have the ability to cut through to the heart of the matter
in seconds and incisively point out what is really going on.

This is very useful. It avoids bullshittery and false hope. Sometimes it takes such logic to
snap us out of our self-obsession and realise the full extent of our actions. They are good
and honest friends who don't lie to you.

However, logic without emotional intelligence is a weapon wielded by an inept user. It

cuts - but it draws more blood than is necessary, it hurts more than it is worth. You can
truly hurt someone by being completely indifferent to their emotional needs. Logical
people are sometimes so focused on steps and practicalities that they forget that they are
dealing with fragile human beings. They can do a lot of damage.
In turn, this causes problems for the person themselves. A knife without a handle (“all
blade”) will cut the person who wields it as much as it hurts the person they use it on.
They come off as cold and callous and completely unfeeling when this may not be the
case. Their own logic may be turned against them. They can also fall victim to excessive
practicality and sabotage their relationships. They may not be able to adjust to not
using their logic, become inflexible and difficult.

That is why emotional intelligence is necessary. Many people think it is giving in to

others; but it is a way to temper logic with reason and empathy. Be a surgeon, not a
hacksaw. Use logic to help, to heal not to harm. Just as a handle allows you to
manipulate a dangerous blade with ease and care, so emotional intelligence enables
logic to be used to it's fullest potential.