“It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.” IfsTwoWarProblemFightingSidesTakenApproachMetaphorTendenciesAtmosphereDiscourseHeadlinesTwo SidesContentionUsing MeAnimosityPublic Discourse Author:Deborah Tannen
“For the perception of the beautiful we have the term "taste"--a metaphor taken from that which is passive in the body and transferred to that which is active in the mind.” MindBodyBeautifulTermTakenTastePerceptionMetaphorActivePassive Author:Thomas Reid