According to Chapter 12, why is firm faith considered more important than intellectual knowledge for spiritual progress?

Chapter 12 of the Shri Sai Satcharitra strongly emphasizes the superiority of faith over intellectualism. The text argues that 'the stiffness of dry knowledge is fruitless' and that individuals who 'consider themselves learned swell uselessly with dry pride.' In contrast, it states that even an 'ignorant person, by the power of faith, will cross the crisis of the fear of worldly existence.' The reason for this, as explained in Chapter 12, is that saints can devote their lives to helping the ignorant and innocent, through which 'firm faith will then manifest.' Placing faith at the feet of a saint is shown to be the way to destroy one's ignorance, whereas scholarly pride often obstructs the path to devotion and liberation.