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various kinds. After that taste is created in him; and so on until he has completed the world of
sensible.
Next, when he is about seven years old, there is created in him discernment or the power of
distinguishing
(tamyiz). This is a fresh stage in his development. He now apprehends more than the world of
sensible; and
none of these additional factors and relations exists in the world of sense.
From this he ascends to another stage, and intellect or reason (`aql) is created in him. He
apprehends
things necessary, possible, impossible, things which do not occur in the previous stages.
Beyond intellect there is yet another stage. In this another eye is opened, by which he beholds the
unseen,
what is to be in the future, and other things which are beyond the understanding of intellect in
the same way
as the objects of intellect are beyond the ken of the faculty of discernment and the objects of
discernment
sensible.
Next, when he is about seven years old, there is created in him discernment or the power of
distinguishing
(tamyiz). This is a fresh stage in his development. He now apprehends more than the world of
sensible; and
none of these additional factors and relations exists in the world of sense.
From this he ascends to another stage, and intellect or reason (`aql) is created in him. He
apprehends
things necessary, possible, impossible, things which do not occur in the previous stages.
Beyond intellect there is yet another stage. In this another eye is opened, by which he beholds the
unseen,
what is to be in the future, and other things which are beyond the understanding of intellect in
the same way
as the objects of intellect are beyond the ken of the faculty of discernment and the objects of
discernment