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Title:Life of Aesop Author:Unknown Written: 1-2 century CE § 110 Strive to put away something for tomorrow from what you get today, for it is better to leave something behind for your enemies than to go begging of your friends while you live. Be affable and courteous to those you meet, knowing that a dog's tail gets him food and his mouth, beatings. Be proud of your character and not of your wealth, for chance may rob you of the latter, but the former cannot be taken away. If you prosper, bear no grudge toward your enemies; rather treat them well so that they may have a change of heart when they realize what kind of a man they have wronged. If you are able to be charitable, do not hesitate, but give with a will, knowing that fortune does not tarry. If you find a man to be a gossip and a slanderer, cast him out in time even though he be your brother, for he does not behave so out of good will but rather in order to reveal to others what you say and do. Rejoice not at great wealth, and grieve not at small." When he had said these things to the young man, he left him. But Helios, grieving at the wrong he had done him and at being tongue-lashed by him, ended his life by refusing food. And Aesop mourned him and gave him a splendid funeral. The Life of Aesop encapsulates the raw unadulterated way of life in the 1st and 2nd century CE. Aesop’s life was full of many flips and quips, but one that has the most significance is when the goddess Isis blesses Aesop with a strong educated voice. This event led to the rest of his life's journey being possible. The blessing of knowledge and the abilities he was granted allowed his life to be spared many times, by using his quick tongue and mind to persuade the opposing party's mind, or weapon. I believe that the author's way of formatting how pitiful Aesop was to what he became was a call out to the bible reference in Daniel:4. This can be seen in how Nebuchadnezzar looked like an animal with how his body grew long eagle like feathers, nails like bird's claws, and a body wet with dew, whilst living like an animal. This explains similarly how Aesop was described in this text. The man is described as a hideous decrepit man with no flattering characteristics, even more so when he gets his voice back. He had a potbellied, snub-nosed face, and a dwarfish man. So this similarity could be a mention to the bible and a possible retelling or take-away from a story that was very popular because Nebuchadnezzar was a king of Babylon during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. It also could be a smart compilation using Christian and Greek religions as a way of trying to allow the two to coexist together as an act of rebellion. Aesop was able to use only his voice as loudly as he could to be able to survive. Over time, however; he learned how to use all the gifts that Isis gifted to him, by using the knowledge he obtained to speak many scholarly speeches and paradoxical language. He also uses many examples of koan and garden path sentences. In the very first sentence of this part of the author's writing we deep dive into the analytics of the formatting and use of grammatical language. It talks about “striving to put something aside for another day, that you get that day, because it's better for something to be left to your enemies ,than you begging your friend whilst alive” (Life of Aesop).This sentence is stating that you should always work hard to put aside money and knowledge that you are able to take from the day you are experiencing now, so that in the worst case scenario your enemy gets some of the fruits of your labor when you die but you never have to beg a friend for money and help. The last bit is a sharp-witted slap about the importance of hard work but also that many people don't want their enemies to prosper.This is moral superiority because the thought of their enemy prospering after they got to prosper during life seemed like a fair equivalent. This deep lesson could be a moral that the author had learned and was wanting to share as a message with the audience, through a funny quip. “Be affable and courteous to those you meet, knowing that a dog's tail gets him food and his mouth beatings" is another lesson that is being represented through the use of a didactic statement (Life of Aesop). It states that being nicer and more pleasant is going to get you farther in life. The dog's tail is the human equivalent of good mannerisms that show friendliness and openness. Whilst the dog's mouth shows individuals being aggressive will end their journey sooner than those who greet people with ‘wagging tails’. This is a great show of a maxim because it tells how to behave, giving us commands on what to do. The way that it uses the animal is also the use of a zoomorphism which could be equivalent to how in this time the use of animals was as a symbol. The author used the absurdity of a “dogs tale” and “mouth” was a very superficial meaning to what it stood for at this time. The use of animals in writing during the 1-2 century CE was a way to mock social structures, because that's what slaves were compared with. Slaves and animals were both at the same level of respectability and standing. In turn the use of this language to ‘teach a moral lesson’ was to also backhandedly make fun of powerful people who would exploit the weak.This is a way that they angrily were able to say what they felt like. If the slaves act as a ‘dog’ by rolling over for their master they will be better treated. Whilst if they step out of line and try to have an opinion they will be put down without any hesitation. This shows the utter resentment that the author has towards acting like this, also pointing out that it is a waste. This leans into the ancient teaching of Seneca in, De Brevitate Vitae, or On The Shortness of Life. Where there were many philosophical stoicisms that all point towards the importance of life. At one point it is written that “it is not that we have a short time to life, but that we waste a lot of it” and he continues arguing that many individuals, especially “those enslaved to others”, are “dead inside if they waste their life in service to others” (Seneca, Epistulae Morales 47). These may have been a big influencer of the wording in this sentence especially because of the emphasis on it. To “be proud of your character and not of your wealth, for chance may rob you of the latter, but the former cannot be taken away” is not an easy feat. In this sentence we have to break down a moral dilemma that the author has put in. They are putting in that you can not let your wealth become a part of your character, but in this time and age that was all wealth was. Wealth was what built the social hierarchy, dictating who was a slave and who was the master. This causes questions to be raised about the social ladder. It makes the thought of ‘if they have money that doesn't mean that they are better than me, who has nothing’ arise in peoples heads. It also shows a push and a pull of things that we are able to control but also that we are not able to control in our lives. We can't control if our money is taken away, either by accident or purpose, or if we are born into a low or high home status. This shows a very important show of dichotomy of control. This is the lesson of knowing that the internal things are up to us to decide but the external things are for us to use to learn and grow, but we have no control over. It teaches us that trying to control things that are external will only ever lead to unpleasantness and unhappiness. Whilst learning to master your internal control will bring you prosperity and peace. Being able to “prosper, bear no grudge towards your enemies; rather treat them well so that they may have a change of heart when they realize what kind of a man they have wronged” is a dictum. This sentence states that if you are able to prosper and grow and not keep resentment for your enemies, but treat them well, it will give them a change of heart and understand how much they messed up. To bear no ill will towards one's enemies is a strong act of emotional discipline that comes with less energy being exerted and showcasing that you no longer care about the other party. It shows that simply, they don't deserve to occupy their mind. This is a show of physiological warfare, on Aesop, and the author's part. This is a physiological way to use psychology against someone else by using their own mind against them. It is a very interesting tactic to see being used in this time and age, making it very advanced for this time. Stating that you are too “treat them well” is the practice of stoic magnanimity at work, because in this time it was a purely survival world, but choosing to adhere to one's own standards shows a level of moral superiority. Then the act of saying that they are going to give the enemy the chance to have a change of heart is a way to trap the enemy in kindness. They are showing the enemy that they are in fact the villain using shame and cognitive dissonance. “If you are able to be charitable, do not hesitate, but give with will, knowing that fortune does not tarry. If you find a man to be a gossip and a slanderer, cast him out in time even though he be your brother, for he does not behave so out of good will but rather in order to reveal to others what you say and do” is a binary social wisdom. It tells you that you need to be charitable and give whenever you're able by opening yourself to helping others, but then tells you to close yourself off to anybody who tells a fallacy. This opens the possibility of having to know yourself and your surroundings enough to know when you need to open or close boundaries. In the last section of this passage we see exactly how words spoken with such truth can cause confusion and the use of psychological warfare is not something to baffle at. The man that Aesop tells these truths too, kills himself because of the profound impact Aesop had on his spirit and character. But not only does he commit suicide but he does it in the worst possible way, through starvation. This extreme image shows that the man didn't choose something quick because he didn't want it to end quickly. He wanted time to contemplate and truly hear what Aesop told him. But was too small minded to be able to handle all of this information because it went against everything that he knew, so he ended it. This could show how people in this time were very stuck in tradition, constantly repeating the scars of the past, and how when someone would lash out against it everyone would be put into a panic. The use of words and wording in general is a powerful tool that can be used for good and evil, and must be wielded properly.