SENECA ON INTERESTS AND SUBJECT MATTER

If you've ever wondered why two people can interpret, for instance, the same speech so differently, this quote is for you.
August Glen-James, editor
. . . deriving material for his own individual interests from identical subject-matter.
"There is nothing particularly surprising about this way which everyone has of deriving material for his own individual interests from identical subject-matter. In one and the same meadow the cow looks for grass, the dog for a hare and the stork for a lizard."
--Seneca