Poor man thinks idol in temple is poorer than he since it is naked — Mythoi

Motif

Poor man thinks idol in temple is poorer than he since it is naked.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd lack of logic. · Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions. · view the constellation · filed as J2216

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The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions.

Filed beside it

Differences in animal nature overlooked Effects of age and size absurdly applied Illogical use of numbers Absurd generalization from a particular incident Absurd reasoning about God Many times the superlative