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The Rule of Metaphor

The Creation of Meaning in Language

by Paul Ricoeur ยท 2003

ISBN: 0415312809 9780415312806

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / General

Page count: 454

<p>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 in uncertain times.</p>