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Topic: Metaphor

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  Metaphor Simile    Metaphor Example  
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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Carl Jung
Appearance:Sophisticated
People talk about their ..:Coolness,  Confronting nature
Personality:Analytical
Favorite era(s):1990s,  The future
Favorite activity(s):Taking IQ tests
Favorite body part(s):Brain
Favorite actor(s):James Dean
Favorite great thinker(s):Richard Dawkins,  Timothy Leary,  Ada Lovelace
Favorite movie(s):As Good as it Gets
Favorite philosopher(s):Nietzsche
Favorite quote(s):"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." - Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982)
 
 
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

Metaphors carry meaning beyond their literal meaning in order to carry us beyond our literal consciousness or everyday state of mind.
These metaphors link the Ch'an historian to the texts of historical study in ways that contrast with the posture of modern historians.
Metaphors abound in the minds of the truly enlightened, as we use them to bring our advanced thoughts to a more earthly level.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Proverb-like metaphors are identified as metaphors because of the wider and possible even non-linguistic context in which they occur.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Metaphors in Mind describes how to give individuals the opportunity to discover how their symbolic perceptions are organised, what needs to happen for these to change and how they can transform as a result.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Metaphor's verbal branding expertise can provide the language tools you need to create or sustain a successful brand.
It employs familiar metaphors for information display and customization based on years of design and usability testing.
Other metaphors have been discussed as possible adjuncts to the map metaphor and can be used in tandem with the traditional map metaphor to enhance the interface of the system.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

These are maps and metaphors that we have set into place in an attempt to have a relationship to the cosmos at large, but we should understand that these models themselves can not completely define the Universe.
The flow of metaphors and images associated with cloning is now ebbing away and is being replaced by a new wave of images and metaphors deployed in arguments against genetically modified food.
Are mechanistic and reductionistic models and metaphors still widely used because that is how most teachers were taught?
Mark Harris,
Priest

Such metaphors are not unique to this psalm, and similar metaphors are used by King David on many other occasions (e.
 
 
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