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Often philosophers are not happy just exposing a point, sometimes they feel like trying their hand at writing fiction. Instead of rambling on about the topic at hand the philosopher decides to deliver the message as [[An Aesop|Aesops]] through the characters.
Often philosophers are not happy just exposing a point, sometimes they feel like trying their hand at writing fiction. Instead of rambling on about the topic at hand the philosopher decides to deliver the message as [[An Aesop|Aesops]] through the characters.


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Compare with [[Author Tract]] where the main point is the fiction and the author's views seep into it.
Compare with [[Author Tract]] where the main point is the fiction and the author's views seep into it.

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=== Writers with this particular style: ===
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* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
* [[Ayn Rand]]
* [[Ayn Rand]]
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* [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]
* [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]


=== Individual works of this kind ===
{{examples|Individual works of this kind :}}

* ''[[Sophie's World]]''
* ''[[Sophie's World]]''


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[[Category:Philosophical Parable]]
[[Category:Philosophical Parable]]
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[[Category:Literary Tropes]]
[[Category:Literature Genres]]