His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's

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His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2015

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Person does not know himself Man made to believe that he is someone else Fool does not recognize his own house and family Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)

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