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   eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 04:00:00 JST eribosot

   Finished Aesop's Fables, which I'd never read cover to cover before. Fun to see how many present-day expressions have their origin in one of the tales from this book. Some "morals" of the tales are painfully dated, like "The safety of slavery is preferable to the danger of freedom." Still, foundational literature that's still fun to read. My favorite fable is a meta-fable, this one: http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/oxford/1.htm

   #BookReview #Aesop #ClassicalLiterature

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     Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br) (lxo@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 08:15:29 JST Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)

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     dated? that's more current than ever, if you go by how many people seem to live by it :-(
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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 17:39:09 JST eribosot

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     • Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)

     @lxo I guess that's why people still refer to it as a "timeless classic" :(

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