The Rule of Metaphor : Multi-disciplinary Studies of the Creation of Meaning in Language book by Paul Ricoeur

Paul Ricoeur

ISBN 10: 0710093292 / ISBN 13: 9780710093295

Published by Routledge, 1986

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> This translation was done from the author's manuscript. It diverges at several points from the first edition of La M?taphore zive (?ditions du Seuil, Paris 1975), where errors have been found in that edition, and where Professor Ricoeur has undertaken revisions. In general, I have attempted to translate as literally as possible, in order not to obscure precise points of interpretation, but on the contrary to faci litate the interdisciplinary communication that Paul Ricoeur promotes. So too, to assist further study by readers restricted to English, I have used readily available translations of works originally in other languages wher ever I could. There are, of course, several exceptions to the pattern of literal transla tion. One exception is the title of the book. Uncomfortable with the more literal translations of La M?taphore vive that came to mind, I have offered The Rule of Metaphor because of its metaphorical suggestiveness. The pri mary reference is to Aristotle's assertion, quoted often by Ricoeur, th.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rule of Metaphor : Multi-disciplinary Studies of the Creation of Meaning in Language book by Paul Ricoeur
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710093292
• ISBN 13: 9780710093295
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy Books

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Synopsis

s/t: multi-disciplinary studies of the creation of meaning in language
A fruitful and insightful study of how language affects how we understand the world, this book is also an indispensable work for all those seeking to retrieve some kind of meaning in uncertain times.

About the Author

Paul Ricoeur (1913-). One of the world's major philosophical thinkers, Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris X (Nanterre) and of the University of Chicago.