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The rule of metaphor

Paperback • 1978 • English

The rule of metaphor: the creation of meaning in language

By Paul Ricœur

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About the book

Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor he seeks 'to show how language can extend itself to its very limits, forever discovering new resonances within itself'. Recognizing the fundamental power of language in constructing the world we perceive, it is a fruitful and insightful study of how language affects how we understand the world, and is also an indispensable work for all those seeking to retrieve some kind of meaning ...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Narrative theme: Interior life
Metaphysical / philosophical fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780415312806

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

1978

Language

English

Original title

The rule of metaphor

Format

Paperback

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