 The main argument for synthesis of the Huainanzi is that the knowledge to be gained about the world that ultimately allows one to attain success can be best attained through understanding what is correct in all schools and perspectives. The assumption here is that each of the competing schools had something right, and was properly responding to some aspect of the world or human life. The mistake the various schools made was in their commitment to partiality, and the idea that the aspects of the world they had uncovered were the only ones to uncover. When we move beyond this partiality, we recognize that each of the myriad schools, teachings, customs, etc. have some value, if we understand the perspectives from which they are useful and the aspects of the world they illuminate. A key passage in Chapter Two reads: