Said the King to the Sophist:
“Is
it Judaism, Islam or Christianity which is the true religion?”
The
Sophist knew this was an entrapment beforehand!
How
could he choose one of the three above the others without offending, or
dispute?
And
so the Sophist explained: “It is liken to you having three sons, and you have
your original crown to give to one, but you will offend the other two should
you do so, for is it not true, they
equally want to be honored?”
“Yes,”
said the king, “this may even be an issue forthcoming.”
“So
who would you choose of the three?” Asked the Sophist.
“The
most worthy,” answered the king.
“But
back to my example,” said the Sophist, “so as not to overlook one of the boys
to the other, and seemingly all seem worthy, this king made two additional
crowns, lookalikes.
When
he died, all three boys grabbed the crowns.
They
asked the queen which one was the original?
She
couldn’t tell one from the other.
And
so each lad took his crown and went his way, and built their on kingdoms
feeling theirs was above the others, and thus, the dispute was never settled…
No: 4781/ 5-29-2015
Inspired by the readings from “The Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio
(1348)
