Blind men and an elephant

**blind men and an elephant**
	parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant
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English: The parable of the blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men, who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their partial experience and their descriptions are in complete disagreement on what an elephant is. The moral of the parable is that humans have a tendency to project their partial experiences as the whole truth, ignore other people's partial experiences, and one should consider that one may be partially right and may have partial information.

<nowiki>I cechi e l'elefante; অন্ধের হস্তি দর্শন; Les aveugles et l'éléphant; Слепые и слон; आंधळी माणसे आणि हत्ती; Die blinden Männer und der Elefant; Conto dos Cegos e o Elefante; فیل و کوران; 盲人摸象; kör adamlar ve bir fil; 群盲象を評す; Thầy bói xem voi; Els cecs i l'elefant; Orang-orang buta dan seekor gajah; Blinduloj kaj elefanto; העיוורים והפיל; de blinden en de olifant; Сліпці і слон; अंधे आदमी और एक हाथी; Sokeat miehet ja elefantti; ਅੰਨ੍ਹੇ ਬੰਦੇ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਹਾਥੀ; blind men and an elephant; رجال عميان وفيل; Los ciegos y el elefante; குருடர் தடவிய யானை; parábola de la India; インド発祥の寓話; משל מתת היבשת ההודית; parabel van het Indiase subcontinent, vanwaar het op grote schaal is verspreid; birkaç kör adamın bir fili hissedip kavramsallaştırmaya çalıştığı eski Hint alt kıtasından bir benzetme; Gleichnis zu Wahrnehmung und Wahrheit; ਸਾਹਿਤਿਕ ਕੰਮ; parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant; প্রাচীন ভারতীয় উপমহাদেশের একটি নীতিকথা, যেটিতে কয়েকজন অন্ধ ব্যক্তি একটি হাতিকে স্পর্শ করে হাতি সম্পর্কে ধারণা করার চেষ্টা করে; 一个来自于古印度的寓言，指一群盲人通尝试过触摸来了解大象; parabola indiana; El elefante y los ciegos; অন্ধের হাতি দেখা; অন্ধ ব্যক্তি ও হাতি; blind men and the elephant; parable of the blind men and an elephant; the blind men and the elephant; Слон и слепые; 瞎子摸象; 盲人と象; 群盲評象</nowiki>