Read this parable, which comes from the Hasidic storytelling tradition:
One day a prince begins to act like a rooster. No one, including the king and queen, can convince the prince he is a man until a wise man comes and begins acting like a rooster himself. Once the prince accepts the wise man as a fellow rooster, the wise man is able to convince the prince to act like a man again.
What is the most likely moral of this parable?
ABeing true to one's nature is more important than conforming.
BAnimals offer a unique, and instructive, view of the world.
CA peer is more persuasive than an authority figure.
DOne must be degraded before one can gain wisdom.
One day a prince begins to act like a rooster. No one, including the king and queen, can convince the prince he is a man until a wise man comes and begins acting like a rooster himself. Once the prince accepts the wise man as a fellow rooster, the wise man is able to convince the prince to act like a man again.
What is the most likely moral of this parable?
ABeing true to one's nature is more important than conforming.
BAnimals offer a unique, and instructive, view of the world.
CA peer is more persuasive than an authority figure.
DOne must be degraded before one can gain wisdom.