【TED】是一個(gè)會(huì)議的名稱,它是英文technology,entertainment, design三個(gè)單詞的首字母縮寫。它是社會(huì)各界精英交流的盛會(huì),這里有當(dāng)代最杰出的思想家,這里有當(dāng)代最優(yōu)秀的科學(xué)家,這里有迸發(fā)著最閃耀的思想火花,這里孕育著最光輝的夢(mèng)想。 James Geary Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the metaphor. Friend of scribes from Aristotle to Elvis, metaphor can subtly influence the decisions we make, Geary says.
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Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and others, how we communicate, learn, discover and invent. But metaphor is a way of thought before it is a way with words.
Now, to assist me in explaining this, I've enlisted the help of one of our greatest philosophers, the reigning king of the metaphorians, a man whose contributions to the field are so great that he himself has become a metaphor. I am, of course, referring to none other than Elvis Presley.
Now, "All Shook Up" is a great love song. It's also a great example of how whenever we deal with anything abstract -- ideas, emotions, feelings, concepts, thoughts -- we inevitably resort to metaphor.