The action or result of each wisdom must conform with the basic character of
that wisdom. In any particular thought, the result or decision will conform to
the creativity, comprehension and profundity exercised therein. In every type of
wisdom and science likewise, the results will be determined by the character of
that science. In the practical sciences, the effectiveness of a machine produced
by the exercise of skill and mastery of a particular science, will verify that
science's validity. Every wisdom will be substantiated and fulfilled by its
particular results inasmuch as the consummate expression of every wisdom is in
action. Since the results validate the wisdoms, the qualities and relative
standing of such results will vary in accordance with their respective wisdoms
in degree and sequence.
Now let us examine the practical effects of the three schools discussed
above. In the case of the Musar school, the aim is the rejection and
negation of the material. The practical effect is the repudiation of unseemly
moral traits and the acquisition of the finer ones.
The aim of Chakira, religious philosophy, is the recognition of the
virtue of intellectual pursuits, particularly of Torah. Its practical effect is
occupation with study, and withdrawal from mundane affairs.
The aim of the third school is the recognition of the essential qualities of
form and substance. It leads to the dominance of form to the extent that
substance itself becomes form, viz., physical matter becomes a vehicle for
G-dliness.
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