Parable
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| A '''parable''' is a brief, succinct story, in [[prose]] or [[verse]], that illustrates a [[moral]] or [[religious]] lesson. It differs from a '''[[fable]]''' in ''excluding'' animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of [[mankind]]. | A '''parable''' is a brief, succinct story, in [[prose]] or [[verse]], that illustrates a [[moral]] or [[religious]] lesson. It differs from a '''[[fable]]''' in ''excluding'' animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of [[mankind]]. | ||
| - | ==See also== | + | ==See also== |
| - | * ''[[Fables and Parables]]'' by [[Ignacy Krasicki]]. | + | |
| * [[Parables of Jesus]] | * [[Parables of Jesus]] | ||
| * [[Matthew effect]] | * [[Matthew effect]] | ||
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A parable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a fable in excluding animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.
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