Note 15 — Chapter XVI · THE TRIAL CRUX
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This is the one of the two stories preferred by the “liberal” school, who dismiss the story of the two asses as a verbal hallucination rather than recognize a zodiacal myth. It makes no final difference. The “ass the foal of an ass,” in their exegesis, still means an unbroken colt, an impossible steed for a procession. ↑