Read this parable, which comes from the hasidic storytelling tradition:
one day a prince begins to act like a rooster. no one, including the king and queen, can convince the prince he is a man until a wise man comes and begins acting like a rooster himself. once the prince accepts the wise man as a fellow rooster, the wise man is able to convince the prince to act like a man again.
what is the most likely moral of this parable?
a. being true to one's nature is more important than conforming.
b. animals offer a unique, and instructive, view of the world.
c. a peer is more persuasive than an authority figure.
d. one must be degraded before one can gain wisdom.