9134. 'Whether it is ox or ass' means whether it is exterior good or truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'ox' as the good of the natural, dealt with in 2180, 2566, 2781, 2830, 5913, 8397; and from the meaning of 'ass' as the truth of the natural, dealt with in 2781, 5492, 5741. The good of the natural is exterior good, and the truth of the natural is exterior truth.