BURIDAN'S ASS
\bˈɛɹɪdənz ˈas], \bˈɛɹɪdənz ˈas], \b_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_d_ə_n_z ˈa_s]\
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The ass between two bundles of hay. John Buridan, Schoolman, fourteenth century, propounded the problem that if the bundles be equidistant from the ass, he will starve from indecision, or else of two equal attractions one is greater, or, thirdly, the ass has free-will.
By Henry Percy Smith
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