When a great many thoughts are co-related by an effort of mind, original thought can arise. And this is creativity in thought. Thought has a well-defined form defined by its material organisation. It is possible to abstract the essence from thought which will be less defined for the thought-mind but more proper for the ideative mind. Owing to its rarefied structure, the ideative mind feels more at home with the less defined essence than the more delineated, structured thought.
Ideas are in the realm of higher thought.
Higher still, ideas rise into mental light. Higher education in the world today tries its best to centre itself on data, statistics, verifiable phenomena, observed facts and proven tracts. Intelligence is inherited and its quality is decided by the quality of what is inherited. The longer a society is used to education, the greater is the quality of intelligence it can pass on to its successive generations. The post-war world has witnessed widespread extension of education in all countries.