Milton claims that his love of learning might seem to contradict the parable of the talents.
As a model of economic activity or as a kind of vocation guide, this parable couldn't be more opposed -- or to some wouldn't seem more opposed - to the parable of the unprofitable servant.
The point of the parable is this:biotechnology may have cut its teeth on medicines, but the big bucks are likelyto be in bulk chemicals.
The Garden of Forking Paths is an enormous guessing game, or parable, in which the subject is time. The rules of the game forbid the use of the word itself.
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
So this is the parable of the talents.
His story became a parable for the fickleness of art and life.
"But here- if we suppose this interview betwixt Mistress Hibbins and Hester Prynne to be authentic, and not a parable-"
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
The parable of the unprofitable servant, the parable of the talents.
THE best modern parable of progress was, aptly, ahead of its time.
That is a pity because the parable of the Genevan protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, deserves wider appreciation, especially among those concerned about technology getting out of control.
In this parable, the farmer represents God, the seed represents his Word, and the soil represents the four different kinds of responses you can have when God is trying to talk to you.
But this isn't simply a parable about an unnamed school is a parable about you and me — whether or not we are parents or even teachers.
The "parable of the talents" rewards hard work and investment; and it's satisfying because it does that, but it also instills an anxiety about non-productivity.
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
And he said unto them, know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?
On one level this parable shows the Baal Shem Tov's ambivalence about going to Palestine.
This classic parable provides the audience with a moral that resonates with all of humanity: If you put monkeys in charge of society, don't be surprised when everything explodes.
The sermon on the "Difference Between the Janitor and the Vice President" -- a kind of managerial parable Jobs reportedly tells every exec who reaches the VP level
How then will you understand any parable?
I explained to my friends what had puzzled me for some years in terms of the following parable.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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