MisterVee87
MisterVee87 t1_iuxb3qh wrote
Reply to comment by DrakBalek in The meaning crisis and language II — We need to ‘believe’ myth and metaphor in order to understand ourselves by Melodic_Antelope6490
Traffic flowed like a river is a simile, not a metaphor.
Traffic is a river is a metaphor. And it requires none of the things you said. It requires the ability to abstractly compare the two things for their abstracted commonality.
MisterVee87 t1_iuxav22 wrote
Reply to The meaning crisis and language II — We need to ‘believe’ myth and metaphor in order to understand ourselves by Melodic_Antelope6490
This is just wrong. From the first paragraph on. We don't mostly disbelieve myths. Lol We are constantly creating and propagating new myths.
MisterVee87 t1_iuxb6vd wrote
Reply to comment by Snuffleton in The meaning crisis and language II — We need to ‘believe’ myth and metaphor in order to understand ourselves by Melodic_Antelope6490
He's actually totally wrong. Lol