The rule of metaphor : the creation of meaning in language / Paul Ricoeur ; translated by Robert Czerny ; with Kathleen McLaughlin and John Costello.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Routledge classics: Publisher: London : Routledge, 1978 (2003 printing)Description: ix, 454 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 0415312809 (pbk.); 9780415312806 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Métaphore vive. English Subject(s): Metaphor | Rhetoric | Language and languages -- Philosophy | Metaphor in literatureDDC classification: 121.68 LOC classification: PN228.M4 | R513 2003Review: "Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor this intellectual giant of our age 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, Ricoeur reveals the processes by which linguistic imagination creates and recreates meaning through metaphor. Taking further his acclaimed analysis of the power of myth and symbol, Ricoeur invites us to explore the many layers of language in order to rediscover what that meaning might be. A fruitful and insightful study of how language affects our understanding of the world, this book is also an indispensable work for all those seeking some kind of meaning in uncertain times."--BOOK JACKET.
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This translation originally published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1977.
Translated from the French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor this intellectual giant of our age 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, Ricoeur reveals the processes by which linguistic imagination creates and recreates meaning through metaphor. Taking further his acclaimed analysis of the power of myth and symbol, Ricoeur invites us to explore the many layers of language in order to rediscover what that meaning might be. A fruitful and insightful study of how language affects our understanding of the world, this book is also an indispensable work for all those seeking some kind of meaning in uncertain times."--BOOK JACKET.
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