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Zen Stories
Knowing Fish
One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river.
"Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu,
"They are really enjoying themselves."
"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you
can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."
"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you
know that I do not know that the fish are enjoying themselves?"
(A western version of this story describes two philosophers on a
walk while discussing phenomenology. One of them kicks a dog and
says, "See! This dog is experiencing pain".... etc.)
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