Æsop
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English
Proper noun
Æsop
- Obsolete form of Aesop.
- 1954, Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, pages 93–94 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press):
- The conjuror reminds us — of course in vain — that the quickness of the hand deceives the eye; proverbs remind us that all that glitters is not gold; and Æsop’s story of the greedy dog reminds us that the reflections of bones can be mistaken for bones until it comes to eating them.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, chapter eleven, § I, page 316 (1992 paperback ed., Mandarin Paperbacks, →ISBN:
- It was his fault. It was all his fault. From liar to murderer, like in the Æsop fable.
- 1954, Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, pages 93–94 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press):
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Æsop
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Æsop