Subject: RE: [lojban] [OT]Argumentum ad elephantum

From: "Craig" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:47:07 -0500

>Siddhartha Gautama's claim to having originated this story does not go
unchallenged. Since it fits in so well with Jaina theory (syadvada,
saptibhangi),
>the claim of Mahavira is probably better.

Rumi wrote a poem about this. He does not say it was his idea, but he does
have the best version I have seen.