The Rule of Metaphor: Multi-disciplinary Studies of the Creation of Meaning in Language (University of Toronto Romance Series) - Softcover

Paul Ricoeur

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Synopsis

Originally published in English in 1978, this full-scale examination of the philosophy of metaphor from Aristotle to the present, brings together and discusses significant viewpoints on metaphor held by writers in various disciplines. These include linguistics and semantics, the philosophy of language, literary criticism, and aesthetics.

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Paul Ricouer was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation.

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