parables
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Kafka’s parables of angst and displacement are naturally diasporic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
“A New Hope,” “ The Empire Strikes Back” and “Jedi” collectively became a kind of morality North Star for Gen X, augmented by Joseph Campbell’s authentication of the films as spiritual parables.
From Salon • May 25, 2024
The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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