Monkey, in the Mirror seeing his image,
Quietly Bear's foot:
“Look,” he says, “my dear godfather!
What kind of a face is that?
What antics and jumps she has!
I would choke myself with longing,
If only she looked a little like her.
But, admit it, there is
Of my gossips, there are five or six such wimps:
I can even count them on my fingers."
"What gossips consider to work,
Isn't it better to turn on yourself, godfather?" -
Mishka answered her.
But Mishen'kin's advice just disappeared in vain.
There are many such examples in the world:
Nobody likes to recognize himself in satire.
I even saw this yesterday:
That Klimych is unclean at hand, everyone knows this;
They read about bribes to Klimych.
And he furtively nods at Peter.
Moral of the fable "The Mirror and the Monkey"
The moral of the fable about the monkey, who condemned his own reflection, seen in the mirror, but did not recognize himself, is contained in the lines of creation that "No one likes to recognize himself in satire."
Indeed, many of us very clearly distinguish other people's shortcomings, and can talk about what is "good" and what is "bad", about right or wrong actions when it comes to other people.
But few of us are able to admit our own shortcomings and mistakes.
With this fable, Ivan Krylov teaches us, before condemning bad habits or the wrong behavior of another person, first analyze our own behavior and correct the mistakes made.
Bullies from the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, unsure representatives of other faiths on the one hand, and dystrophics from science and pedagogy, on the other hand, shout together and impudently about the need to let the Law of God into school under the name of “alternative points of view”. And all this under the slogans of either democracy, or pluralism, or scientific creationism, or the eternal incompleteness and defectiveness of scientific knowledge. From the polyphonic choir of defenders of ignorance and preachers of obscurantism, the public's ears were blocked, their heads were spinning, and common sense was dulled. Well, let's try to reason sensibly.
If we begin to put into the minds of schoolchildren not only the truths established by science, but also the content of those countless misconceptions about these truths that have existed in the scientific and near-scientific environment for at least two or three thousand years, then what will the matured students who graduate from such a school know? After all, thousands of erroneous truths were expressed by the same scientists on behalf of science on any modern scientific reliable truth. Tens, hundreds and even thousands of assumptions, hypotheses, and only one of them later turned out to be true. Moreover, one and the same truth in content was expressed in dozens and hundreds of competing variants. So, several hundred proofs of the Pythagorean theorem have been recorded in the scientific world. But in order to know that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs, one convincing proof is enough. A hundred other variants of proofs will add nothing to the knowledge of this theorem. On the contrary, if one more, second, proof strengthens the knowledge of the first version of the truth, then the third will already leave the student indifferent, the fourth will get bored, and the hundredth may cause disgust for the theorem itself. And the presentation of alternative, even if essentially fair, points of view on the same truth will not leave a place in the mind of the student for this truth at all. And if the scientific truth of evolutionary doctrine is opposed to theological creationism, then the student will cease to believe not only in science, but also in creationism.
Of course, in science there have been and will be alternative points of view, alternative explanations of the same natural processes in nature, society and in the spiritual world of man. This is especially true of those problems that are still little accessible to practical and evidence-based comprehension of their essence. But these questions are meant to be solved by scientists. A student is not a scientist. He, in the words of the Boy from the movie "Cinderella": "I'm not a wizard / scientist yet. I'm still learning."
Consequently, even from a pedagogical point of view, creationism and other types of alternative anti-scientific concepts will bring undoubted harm to the fragile consciousness of students.
ІІ.Protodeacon Andrey Kuraev, Archpriest Vsevodod Chaplin and Chief Priest Kirill Gundyaev himself persistently with numerous “arguments” prove the necessity and usefulness of teaching at school in parallel with the Law of God called “Orthodox Culture”, an alternative course of creationism to evolutionary teaching. The arguments of these God-bearing shepherds and their followers have stuck in their teeth and have long been known to everyone. I will not repeat them. Boring and useless. But in line with the speeches of the "guardians" about the school and the younger generation, I can share good advice with all the vocal attackers on the school.
Fathers, holy and not saints! Why are you so unseemly trying to put things in order in a school that is not yours, secular and state? Religion, according to the Constitution, is separated from the state, and the school is separated from the church. Why are you climbing over the fence separating you from the school with your "good advice"? Do you have little worries of your own? Do you have your own schools? There are plenty!
For the benefit of your own business, first read the fable of Ivan Andreevich Krylov “The Mirror and the Monkey. In the monkey mirror you will see yourself. See:
The monkey, seeing his image in the Mirror, Quietly Bear with his foot: “Look,” he says, “my dear godfather! What kind of mug is there? What antics and jumps she has! I was a little like. But, admit it, there are five or six such gossips of my gossips: I can even count them on my fingers. - "?" - Mishka answered her. But Mishen'kin's advice just disappeared in vain.
Than climbing over the fence into secular schools, wouldn't it be better for you, priests, to turn to your schools. In your schools, you all in groups and one by one teach listeners and students only your own creed. But the belief that you teach your own, in the world there are dozens and hundreds of more powerful beliefs to your belief. You interpret your own, for example, that the Bible is the only absolutely holy and absolutely infallible teaching of the Lord God Himself - Hosts/Jehovah. There is no evidence for your assertion. An objective, without any prejudice, analysis shows that the Bible is a contradictory, ignorant and inconsistent source. This, as they say, goes without saying. But besides this, the Bible has many alternative sources of doctrine. For Muslims, the Koran is no less than your Bible - the only absolutely holy and absolutely infallible teaching of the very Lord God - Allah. Compared to the Bible, the Qur'an has far fewer internal contradictions, although the absurdities there are to match the biblical. For Buddhists, the Tripitaka is infallible and absolutely true, for Hindus - the Vedas, for Mormons - the Book of Mormon ... All these sources of the "only true" religious teaching have three to four times more admirers than there are Bible admirers in the world. Why don't you introduce in your educational institutions the study of these alternative Bible sacred books? Ah, is that how?! You study the creeds of other religions and their holy books! Wonderful! But how do you study them? - Oh, that's how! - Critical. So, in our secular schools, both your sacred writings and the same creationism are critically studied. And how many good words you say to your teachings about other religions, so many good things are said about creationism in schools. We are not opposed to what you say about other religions and about other sacred books that are not yours. So you do not oppose what we in our secular schools say about your creationism. Would you like to discuss with us publicly? Please invite us to your radio and TV shows. We, and I personally, agree to speak with you at least in your seminaries, even in your theological academies. Invite. If you want, I'll read you a course on atheism. From me, seminarians will hear what atheism says about itself, and not what you tell them about atheism. Doesn't it suit you? In that case, why should we accept the utter nonsense that you are trying to smuggle into our school?
"What gossips count to work, Isn't it better to turn on yourself, godfather?" -The monkey, seeing himself in the mirror, told the Bear that there was some kind of mug in the mirror. She doesn’t like her very much, she knows about five or six such monkeys, and she would hang herself with longing if she looked like her! The bear replied that before counting gossips, you must first look at yourself. But Monkey did not listen to his advice. The author says that there are many such people around, for example, the bribe taker Klimych, although he himself is not clean, he blames Peter for this.
Read the Mirror and the Monkey fable online
Monkey, in the Mirror seeing his image,
Quietly Bear's foot:
“Look,” he says, “my dear godfather!
What kind of a face is that?
What antics and jumps she has!
I would choke myself with longing,
If only she looked a little like her.
But, admit it, there is
Of my gossips, there are five or six such wimps:
I can even count them on my fingers. —
“What are the gossips to consider working,
Isn't it better to turn on yourself, godfather? —
Mishka answered her.
But Mishen'kin's advice just disappeared in vain.
There are many such examples in the world:
Nobody likes to recognize himself in satire.
I even saw this yesterday:
That Klimych is unclean at hand, everyone knows this;
They read about bribes to Klimych.
And he furtively nods at Peter.
(Illustrated by Irina Petelina)
Moral of the fable The mirror and the monkey
People easily notice flaws in others, but hardly recognize their own negative traits.
It is to look at oneself from the outside that the author calls on all those who are used to judging the actions of others. Moreover, with the help of this fable, Krylov is trying to force a specific person to do this - a bribe-taker, for which he inserts his last name into the text.
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See what is "What are the gossips to consider working, / Isn't it better to turn around for yourself, godfather?" in other dictionaries:
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Turn around, turn around, turn around, sov. (to turn around) (simple). The same as turning into all values except 7, and turning into 1 and 2 values. “Than counting gossips to work, is it not better to turn on yourself, godfather.” Krylov. “Here he is on point ... ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov
Union. 1. comparative. Introduces a comparative phrase into the composition of a simple sentence, explaining which l. a member of this sentence, expressed in the form of the comparative degree of an adjective or adverb, as well as the words: “other”, “other”, “otherwise”, etc ... Small Academic Dictionary
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Fable The Mirror and the Monkey read the text online
Monkey, in the Mirror seeing his image,
Quietly Bear's foot:
“Look,” he says, “my dear godfather!
What kind of a face is that?
What antics and jumps she has!
I would choke myself with longing,
If only she looked a little like her.
But, admit it, there is
Of my gossips, there are five or six such wimps:
I can even count them on my fingers."
"What gossips consider to work,
Isn't it better to turn on yourself, godfather?" -
Mishka answered her.
But Mishen'kin's advice just disappeared in vain.
There are many such examples in the world:
I even saw this yesterday:
That Klimych is unclean at hand, everyone knows this;
They read about bribes to Klimych.
And he furtively nods at Peter.
Mirror and Monkey - Moral of Ivan Krylov's fable
There are many such examples in the world:
Nobody likes to recognize himself in satire.
Morality in your own words, the main idea and meaning of the fable The Mirror and the Monkey
Often people do not notice shortcomings in themselves, but they are willing to criticize others.
Analysis of the fable The Mirror and the Monkey
In the fable "The Mirror and the Monkey", the fabulist I. A. Krylov showed a casual conversation between two animals, in which the bear poked the monkey's face into its ignorance and points out the shortcomings of people. The monkey, looking at his reflection, for some reason saw the shortcomings of all his acquaintances and girlfriends, but not his own.
The author makes fun of such people with the help of works, translating their behavior into the image of an animal. But quite often there are individuals who think too highly of themselves, in contrast to the stupid and not beautiful environment. Many have at least once encountered such ignoramuses, who completely do not notice their own shortcomings, but actively point out strangers and laugh at them. So in this fable, the monkey is unable to admit that the wimp that she sees is herself, and does not pay attention to the advice of the bear, passing it past her ears.
People who are depicted in the fable as a bear are often silent and try not to interfere in the behavior of the "monkeys", which further emphasizes the confidence of the latter in their rightness. But this is probably not the right decision, and such ignorance and arrogance should be stopped.
Heroes of the fable
A monkey
It personifies people with high conceit who see the shortcomings only of others.
Bear
A wise person who can see more from the outside and who gives the right advice, but the monkey does not listen to him.
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