The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Tập 2Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 trang 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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... 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 deliberately ...
... 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 deliberately ...
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... example is Peter Farb's Living Earth ( 1959 ) . The image of the earth as a planet spread . For example , the urban environmental journalist Leonard Dubkin ( 1904 - 1995 ) wrote Enchanted Streets in 1947. He was concerned with the ...
... example is Peter Farb's Living Earth ( 1959 ) . The image of the earth as a planet spread . For example , the urban environmental journalist Leonard Dubkin ( 1904 - 1995 ) wrote Enchanted Streets in 1947. He was concerned with the ...
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... example , This Most Famous Stream : The Liberal Democratic Way Of Life ( Lower , 1954 ) presented the stream of thought in American and European democracy as a flux . Example of a stream of ideas is in " The Evangelical Synthesis : all ...
... example , This Most Famous Stream : The Liberal Democratic Way Of Life ( Lower , 1954 ) presented the stream of thought in American and European democracy as a flux . Example of a stream of ideas is in " The Evangelical Synthesis : all ...
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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