The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Volume 2Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 pagine This book shows how modern European Languages have a large number of metaphors which represent the whole of nature. Metaphors used in natural science and literature, such as Mother Nature, have a powerful influence on the framing of scientific hypothesis making, and these words have guided the history of natural science for several millennia, while also influencing North American nature writing. |
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Pagina 547
... sense . For example : " that the contours of the abyss have [ not ] remained unchanged since the day of its creation ” ( 1951 , p . 53 ) . On rare occasions she referred to animals as creatures ( e.g. 1951 , p . 17 , 20 ) . She ...
... sense . For example : " that the contours of the abyss have [ not ] remained unchanged since the day of its creation ” ( 1951 , p . 53 ) . On rare occasions she referred to animals as creatures ( e.g. 1951 , p . 17 , 20 ) . She ...
Pagina 561
... sense of lack of resources if not absolute dread to these people as they did for peasants even up to the times that the Grimm brothers collected the stories of mysterious witch - filled forests we all know so well from Humperdink and ...
... sense of lack of resources if not absolute dread to these people as they did for peasants even up to the times that the Grimm brothers collected the stories of mysterious witch - filled forests we all know so well from Humperdink and ...
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... sense of soil than planet . The best selling author William Trogdon , " Least Heat - Moon , " a Native American with a Ph.D. in literature , wrote Prairy Erth , a " deep map " of one county in Kansas . It incorporates physical geography ...
... sense of soil than planet . The best selling author William Trogdon , " Least Heat - Moon , " a Native American with a Ph.D. in literature , wrote Prairy Erth , a " deep map " of one county in Kansas . It incorporates physical geography ...
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Ahura Mazda alchemy ancient Angra Mainyu animals Aristotle astronomical Averroes became believed book of nature Burroughs called Cavendish century Christian conservation Copernicus created creation creator culture Darwin developed dynamic equilibrium early earth Emerson Encyclopedia environmental European evolution example famous flow flux of nature flux trope forest fossils founder geological Glacken globe goddess gods Greek heaven Hebrew Heraclitus human Hutton Huxley hydrologic cycle idea important intellectual interesting James Hutton Jewish John King land language lived magic Medieval metaphor modern moon mountains Muir myths natural science nature writer notion ocean pagan philosopher planet Plato poem poet popular Project Gutenberg Ptolemy published rain religion religious Renaissance rivers rocks Roman Empire Saint Sarton scientific scientists seems soil sphere spirit stars story stream Sumerian Taton theory things Thoreau Thorndike thought tree trope word writing written wrote Yggdrasil York