tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post7546759536362775465..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Aesop Econ: The Two DogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-5254527913439899992011-11-29T14:50:07.138-08:002011-11-29T14:50:07.138-08:00I took the parable to mean that people are smarter...I took the parable to mean that people are smarter than dogs and dogs should let people do the figuring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-7221808617284652042011-09-17T05:45:21.037-07:002011-09-17T05:45:21.037-07:00Aesop said:
'The Housedog replied, “Do not bl...Aesop said:<br /><br />'The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.”<br /><br />Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.'<br /><br />Your analysis of specialization according to comparative talents, or advantages, has clearly destroyed any notion that guarding the house is equivalent to depending on subsistence on the labor of others. The Housedog is, in fact, doing his fair share, pulling his weight as it were, etc. Therefore, teaching him to guard the house was not a fault of the parents, but rather a smart move on their part. Aesop has “biased the landscape”, simply by making that last statement.Philip Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118550326045800125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-8436155683920268732011-09-12T10:01:45.042-07:002011-09-12T10:01:45.042-07:00You're right, Dad, that's what I meant. I...You're right, Dad, that's what I meant. I've fixed it now. Thanks.Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-34172089854378790762011-09-12T05:47:04.533-07:002011-09-12T05:47:04.533-07:00I understood and agreed with everything you said, ...I understood and agreed with everything you said, except for the last sentence. Didn't you mean Housedog instead of Hound in the last sentence?Philip Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118550326045800125noreply@blogger.com