1. Consider yourself as a dog.
2. Consider a dog as yourself.
2006-10-11 01:26:57 · 16 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Depends on which emotional content you put in "yourself" and in "a dog". Usually, let's suppose one normally like oneself, while a dog has a negative image ("considered like a dog", etc.).
1 => it means that you have a bad image of yourself
2 => it means that you praise dogs.
2006-10-11 01:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by bloo435 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. You think that you are a dog
(you are just thinking but you are not dog yet)
2. You think that you want to behave like a dog.
you are just crazy to become a dog and to behave like one.
If you pursue this too much you may end up becoming a dog.
Or
You consider that a dog is a similar living being like yourself
and has feelings just as you have and a right to live just like
you have a right to live.
All this is basically BS.
2006-10-11 13:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by James 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Consider yourself as a dog - Think that you are a dog.
2. Consider a dog as yourself - Treat a dog as you treat yourselves
2006-10-11 13:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The frist statement asks you to think about yourself the way a dog thinks about himself. The second asks you to think of yourself as a dog.
2006-10-11 08:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by donkeyhodey2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both are impossible but considering yourself as a dog may be achieved by studying the dog's behavior! but it is totally impossible to consider a dog as yourself.
so i guess in order to "analyze a dog" consider yourself as a one after studying the behavior of that dog for a while....
2006-10-11 08:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by JuDe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one seems like a derogatory comparison.
The second one could mean a few things. What first comes to mind is the sancitity of life, in all its forms. In that sense, I'm no better than a dog, either.
2006-10-11 08:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I put myself in the dog's shoes (paws?): I picture myself walking around on all fours, barking, scratching, lifting my leg at a fire hydrant (tee hee) but still thinking with my mind. I am a *****! Tee hee
2. I put the dog in my shoes. Now he is me, walking around in my body but thinking "woof woof got to get some meat, man I need to pee...sniff sniff"
Just a guess!
...reminds me of the Flintstones episode when the amazing Mesmo hypnotizes Barney to think he's a dog, then rehypnotizes him in the dog pound & all the dogs start talking..."Oh no! The dogs think they're human now!"
2006-10-11 08:45:29 · answer #7 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically you are asking what is the difference between:
A relating to B
B relating to A
This CAN be the same, but also can be not.
The property is called Symmetry[1].
Some functions have that property say addition:
A+B is the same as B+A
But some property are not
say
A-B is NOT the same as B-A.
Now in your case you want to if "considering" is symmetric: I have no idea, can be either.
2006-10-11 23:41:31 · answer #8 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First statement reduces a human to dog level.
The second one elevates a dog to human level.
2006-10-11 09:35:01 · answer #9 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference since
You and dog the source and target are same.
2006-10-11 08:32:06 · answer #10 · answered by Mr Fact 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋