The Fables of Æsop, and Others
The Fables of Æsop, and Others

The Fables of Æsop, and Others

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Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
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The Fables of Æsop, and Others

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The Fables of Æsop, and Others

The Fables of Æsop, and Others

$105.97 $52.96
Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
Format: eBook
Language: English
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The Fables of Æsop, and Others - With Designs on Wood

From time to time, in all ages, men inspired, or gifted with a superior degree of intellectual power, have appeared upon the stage of life, in order (by enlightening others) to fulfil the designs of Omnipotence, in uniting the world in a state of civilized society. Patriarchs, or heads of families, at first directed or governed those who were immediately dependent upon them: these in time increased, and became clans; these again, by their quarrels, and their wars, were induced to elect chieftains or kings over a number of united clans,from which were formed the various nations and kingdoms of the earth. In this early stage of thex world, when men were ignorant and uncivilized, the chase and war seem almost wholly to have occupied their time and attention. Their kings ruled over them with despotic sway, and the will of the prince was the only law: and thus the barbarism of the subject and the tyranny of the ruler went hand in hand together. That over-swollen pride, which seems the natural accompaniment of despotic power, blinds the understandings of its possessors, and renders them wholly regardless of the important trust reposed in them. The evils arising out of their bad government, are felt, more or less, by the whole people over whom they preside; and pride and arrogance prevent the approach of sincerity and truth. The sycophant and the slave then only find admission, and all other men are kept at a distance. While kings and governors were of this character, the voice of truth could only reach their ears through allegory and fable, which took their rise in the infancy of learning, and seem to have been the only safe mode of conveying admonition to tyrants. This pleasing method of instilling instruction into the mind, has been found by experience to be the shortest and best way of accomplishing that end, among all ranks and conditions of men. The first Fable upon record, is that of Jotham and the Trees, in the Bible; and the next, that of The Poor Man and his Lamb, as related by Nathan to King David, and which carried with it a blaze of truth that flashed conviction on the mind of the royal transgressor. Lessons of reproof, religion, and morality, were, we find, continually delivered in this mode, by the sages of old, to the exalted among mankind. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60004
Author: Aesop, 620? BCE-564? BCE
Release Date: Jul 29, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828

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