Æ Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices Aesop

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Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices

by Aesop

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The contents list animal fables including The Cock and the Jewel, The Wolf and the Lamb, and The Lion and the Four Bulls. The contents name The Country Mouse and the City Mouse, The Swallow and other Birds, and The Cat and the Fox.

An application describes ingratitude as returning evil for good and reports the moralists' conclusion that people capable of hurting their benefactors are unfit for community life. An application on choosing a ruler places less importance on outward form than on mental qualities and endowments. The discussion of elections says the choice should fall on the candidate most capable of advancing the community's good and welfare.

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Aesop

Aesop was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day.