Comments on: Life of Aesop: The Wise Fool and the Philosopher http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/ an online magazine devoted to the study of myth Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:32:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alexis baskin http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 alexis baskin Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:43:59 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=2467#comment-1183 <p>this is a big story and it is 2 long 2 read and is so boring omg it so boring but i read it and it is ok!LOL</p> this is a big story and it is 2 long 2 read and is so boring omg it so boring but i read it and it is ok!LOL

]]> By: Scott Hadley http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Scott Hadley Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:41:30 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=2467#comment-335 <p>Dear Laura Gibbs: I found the article on Aesop's life to be very interesting as an analysis. It permitted me to see some of the origins of the "Wise Fool" that takes us up to Shakespeare. The picky linguistic turns in the story such as the lentle soup literally having one bean also reminds me of so many comic duo skits like "Who's on First?" by Abbot and Costello!! Thanks for a wonderful article that introduced me to this very interesting magazine. All the best from Scott Hadley</p> Dear Laura Gibbs: I found the article on Aesop’s life to be very interesting as an analysis. It permitted me to see some of the origins of the “Wise Fool” that takes us up to Shakespeare. The picky linguistic turns in the story such as the lentle soup literally having one bean also reminds me of so many comic duo skits like “Who’s on First?” by Abbot and Costello!! Thanks for a wonderful article that introduced me to this very interesting magazine. All the best from Scott Hadley

]]> By: Laura Gibbs http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Laura Gibbs Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:55:20 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=2467#comment-331 <p>Thank you SO MUCH for the great Masnavi.org reference - I was not aware that this English translation was available online. How absolutely marvelous! The Life of Aesop is a very mysterious text, which contains all kinds of Near Eastern materials, including a storyline from the Book of Ahiqar. One of these days SOMEBODY is going to write a great book on Ahiqar, Aesop and Luqman - it won't be me, alas, since I don't have all the languages, but it sure will be a great book!</p> Thank you SO MUCH for the great Masnavi.org reference – I was not aware that this English translation was available online. How absolutely marvelous! The Life of Aesop is a very mysterious text, which contains all kinds of Near Eastern materials, including a storyline from the Book of Ahiqar. One of these days SOMEBODY is going to write a great book on Ahiqar, Aesop and Luqman – it won’t be me, alas, since I don’t have all the languages, but it sure will be a great book!

]]> By: BINJALIL http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-330 BINJALIL Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:14:11 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=2467#comment-330 <p>Hello again Dr.Gibbs,</p> <p>The story of Aesop , the figs and boiled water-caused vomiting figures in Rumi's Masnavi. www.dar-al-masnavi.org/n-I-3584.html.</p> <p>Rumi of course knew Aesop as Luqman The Wise. I was not aware that it was an Aesop story until you posted it. Rumi even goes on to wisely interpret a Koranic verse in the light of this Luqman story.</p> <p>The other two stories you mentioned were entertainingly enlightening, typical Aesop! Thank you for the post</p> Hello again Dr.Gibbs,

The story of Aesop , the figs and boiled water-caused vomiting figures in Rumi’s Masnavi. http://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/n-I-3584.html.

Rumi of course knew Aesop as Luqman The Wise. I was not aware that it was an Aesop story until you posted it. Rumi even goes on to wisely interpret a Koranic verse in the light of this Luqman story.

The other two stories you mentioned were entertainingly enlightening, typical Aesop! Thank you for the post

]]> By: anton http://journeytothesea.com/aesop-wise-fool/comment-page-1/#comment-329 anton Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:14:40 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=2467#comment-329 <p>interesting story and discoveries.</p> interesting story and discoveries.

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