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“In illness, we grasp how the self approaches the condition of language.”
― Wisdom & Metaphor
― Wisdom & Metaphor
“Language, too, is a natural phenomenon.”
― Wisdom & Metaphor
― Wisdom & Metaphor
“But critique, too, is empty unless the space it clears becomes home to insight.”
― Wisdom & Metaphor
― Wisdom & Metaphor
“To understand a metaphor is to recognize that if one context or conceptual constellation is laid over another, just so, aspects or outlines will spring into focus, a common pattern will be discernible — one that makes a difference to our grasp of the individual constellations or contexts separately.”
― Wisdom & Metaphor
― Wisdom & Metaphor
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