When “incomplete” means “great.”

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"[G]reat parables tend to be incomplete stories, because one thing that makes a parable great is that the listener has to put himself into the parable. This is one way a parable differs from a myth; a myth tells you what your role is, a parable tells you what roles are available and challenges you to choose the correct one."

A typically concise and excellent post from Disputations. RTWT.

(By which I mean, "read the whole thing." Why hasn't that abbreviation taken off in the blogosphere? It should.)

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Dorian Speed

January 24, 2011

I knew what you meant almost immediately, right after translating it as “retweet while texting.” I shall endeavour to make that go viral.

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