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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... spring in the grove , as at Uppsala . Since trees tend to grow larger where they are well watered , the largest trees were associated both in fact and in myth with springs . Often , an image of the god was placed in the branches of the ...
... spring in the grove , as at Uppsala . Since trees tend to grow larger where they are well watered , the largest trees were associated both in fact and in myth with springs . Often , an image of the god was placed in the branches of the ...
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... Spring in Washington , new leaves on the trees in spring were " Like everything else , they responded to and were the outward manifestations of the perennial life that was flowing and surging in the earth " ( p . 84 ) . The brown ...
... Spring in Washington , new leaves on the trees in spring were " Like everything else , they responded to and were the outward manifestations of the perennial life that was flowing and surging in the earth " ( p . 84 ) . The brown ...
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... spring in the very iciness of the winter sea , in the chilling of the water , which must , before many weeks , become so heavy that it will plunge downward , precipitating the overturn that is the first act in the drama of spring ( p ...
... spring in the very iciness of the winter sea , in the chilling of the water , which must , before many weeks , become so heavy that it will plunge downward , precipitating the overturn that is the first act in the drama of spring ( p ...
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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