For too long it has been thought that in order to understand metaphors it is necessary to know the code (or the encyclopedia): the truth is that the metaphor is the tool that permits us to understand the encyclopedia better. This is the type of knowledge that the metaphor stakes out for us.
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| — | Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (via thirdity) |
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