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• FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction       any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… …   Universalium

• Fable II — Infobox VG title = Fable II developer = Lionhead Studios publisher = Microsoft Game Studios engine = Proprietary (graphics) Havok (physics) Kynapse (pathfinding) Alienbrain 8 (asset tracking) designer = Peter Molyneux version = released = genre …   Wikipedia

• Fable (video game) — This article is about the 2004 game. For the 1996 game, see Fable (1996 video game). For the series, see Fable (video game series). Fable Developer(s) Lionhead Studios, Big Blue Box, Robosoft Technologies (Mac) …   Wikipedia

• fable — [[t]fe͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] fables 1) N VAR A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters. ...the fable of the tortoise and the hare... Each tale has the timeless quality of fable. Syn: legend 2) N… …   English dictionary

• fable — fabler, n. /fay beuhl/, n., v., fabled, fabling. n. 1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop s fables. 2. a story not founded on fact:… …   Universalium

• fable — /ˈfeɪbəl / (say faybuhl) noun 1. a short tale to teach a moral, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare. 2. a story not founded on fact. 3. a story about supernatural or… …  

• fable — n. & v. n. 1 a a story, esp. a supernatural one, not based on fact. b a tale, esp. with animals as characters, conveying a moral. 2 (collect.) myths and legendary tales (in fable). 3 a a false statement; a lie. b a thing only supposed to exist. v …   Useful english dictionary

• fable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parable, allegory, moral tale; apologue; myth, legend, fiction. See description, falsehood, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. allegory, tale, parable; see story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …   English dictionary for students

• Nag's Head Fable — Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker …   Wikipedia

• Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …   History of philosophy