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Thirukkural-On Wealth-On Education-Kural 392
Kannenba vaalum uyirkku.
Numbers
and
letters
are
the
two
discerning
eyes,
For
all
mankind
to
make
the
best
of
life.
Numbers
here
stand
for
all
branches
of
the
science
of
numbers
and
for
all
their
direct
as
well
as
representative
&
indirect
utilization,
mathematical
science,
while
letters
would
stand
for
all
language
and
literature.
The
two
together
have
to
be
taken
as
the
total
field
of
all
human
learning,
covering
sciences
and
humanities,
and
provide
the
basis
for
all
metaphysical
thought
and
education.
'All
parts
of
knowledge
have
their
origin
in
Metaphysics"
–
De
Quincey
by
K
M
Balasubramanian
in
his
notes
on
Thirukural.
Macaulay quotes Plato to say “The study of the properties of numbers habituates the mind to be contemplation of pure truth, and raises us above the material universe", and further adds that Plato would have his disciples apply themselves to this study.
The essence of Sankya philosophy also endorses this, as the word, 'Sankya" itself primarily means calculative work, with numbers, and thereafter leading to the evolution of a system of metaphysical thought. Incidentally, the Tamil-root word 'Aen' is the basis of the word 'Ennam' which means 'thought'
Similarly, literature promotes the quickness of understanding, retentiveness and purposeful direction of life. And so, Voltaire said that the discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two important objectives of philosophical thinking, towards which all good education must move.
Sirupanchamoolam incorporates the same idea in the following line:
“Kannaangkaal kannum kanidham aeluthu"
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