Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:04:00 AM
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
Poetic version of the famous Indian parable*
by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
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*A parable is a brief, "useful" story in prose or verses that illustrates a moral lesson.
According to ancient Greek philosopher Plato
(Read more...) parables encapsulate an abstract argument into a concrete,
more easily grasped narrative.
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