The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Tập 1Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 trang This book shows how modern European Languages have a large number of metaphors which represent the whole of nature. For example, Mother Nature, the celestial harmony, the great chain of being, and the book of nature, are used in natural science and in literature. These and other metaphors have a powerful influence on the framing of scientific hypothesis making, and these words have guided the history of natural science for several millennia. Each chapter in this book is a parallel longitudinal history of a word or phrase which represents the whole of nature, and which has influenced natural science and general literature, and especially North American nature writing. |
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... personification of the active wisdom of God , and Nyus , the personification of the contemplative mind of God . The late Hebrew prophet Esdras had made the analogy of the fertility of the earth to a mother ( II Esdras 5:55 and 14:10 ...
... personification of the active wisdom of God , and Nyus , the personification of the contemplative mind of God . The late Hebrew prophet Esdras had made the analogy of the fertility of the earth to a mother ( II Esdras 5:55 and 14:10 ...
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... nature " to represent wild things without personification 20 times , and he wrote of inner human nature 55 times . There are four examples of the use of " nature " to mean the character of a person or thing . He rarely used the pronouns ...
... nature " to represent wild things without personification 20 times , and he wrote of inner human nature 55 times . There are four examples of the use of " nature " to mean the character of a person or thing . He rarely used the pronouns ...
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... nature · rock , ice , snow , wind , and water , all warring with each other , yet combined against man - here reigned in absolute sovereignty . " ( 1839 , p . 217 ) This last is a personification ( one of the few in his works ) of even ...
... nature · rock , ice , snow , wind , and water , all warring with each other , yet combined against man - here reigned in absolute sovereignty . " ( 1839 , p . 217 ) This last is a personification ( one of the few in his works ) of even ...
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alchemy ancient animals Aristotle associated astrology beauty became believed birds Boyle called celestial chain Christian classical Colin Fletcher created creation culture Curtius dance Darwin death early earth Enlightenment environmental especially European example fabric fate founder Gaia goddess gods Greek harmony Homer human body Hutton idea image of nature important Indo-European influence inspired intellectual interesting James Hutton knots Koenigsberger Latin Leibniz lived Lovejoy machine macrocosm macrocosm and microcosm magic mathematics mechanical Medieval metaphor microcosmic analogy modern Mother Nature Muses music of nature mystery religions mystical myth natural science Natural Selection nature writer neoplatonism pagan person personification of nature personified nature philosopher physical plants Plato poem poet poetry popular Pythagoras Pythagorean Renaissance Roman Saint sang scientific scientists seems sense singing song soul sound spheres spirit stars string theory things Thoreau Thorndike thought thread trope universe western Roman Empire wild women wrote Zeus