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VOCABULARY OF PHILOSOPHY – APOLOGUE

 APOLOGUE (ἀπόλος, fabula), «a novel story, contrived to teach some moral truth» (Johnson). A fable or allegory.For admirable instances of the apologue, see that of Protagoras concerning the gift of Reverence and Justice, (Plato’s Protag., p. 320; Jowett, 1st ed., I. 129), and Coleridge’s Friend, where the case of the seizure of the Danish fleet by the English is represented in this form (The Friend, sec. 1, essay XIV.).
 
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