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James Geary - Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual...
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another. (James Geary)

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

James Geary

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