The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Том 2Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 стор. This book shows how modern European Languages have a large number of metaphors which represent the whole of nature. Metaphors used in natural science and literature, such as Mother Nature, have a powerful influence on the framing of scientific hypothesis making, and these words have guided the history of natural science for several millennia, while also influencing North American nature writing. |
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... heart grows light To hear the soft contagion spread From tree to tree across the night . He knows that even the jointless dead Are not so lonely where they sprawl , Yet knows that he is not alone - He clings to something after all ...
... heart grows light To hear the soft contagion spread From tree to tree across the night . He knows that even the jointless dead Are not so lonely where they sprawl , Yet knows that he is not alone - He clings to something after all ...
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... heart as a sign of God's plenty . ( op . cit . , p . 213 ) . The poem also has images that are perhaps related to Emerson's eating of the earth apple , and it certainly has references to the eating of the apple in the Garden of Eden ...
... heart as a sign of God's plenty . ( op . cit . , p . 213 ) . The poem also has images that are perhaps related to Emerson's eating of the earth apple , and it certainly has references to the eating of the apple in the Garden of Eden ...
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... Heart . New York , Pantheon Books . Ehrlich , G. ( 1997 ) . Questions of Heaven : The Chinese Journeys of An ... Heart : A Poem Cycle . Santa Barbara , Calif . , Capra Press . Eiseley , L. ( 1956 ) . The Immense Journey . New York ...
... Heart . New York , Pantheon Books . Ehrlich , G. ( 1997 ) . Questions of Heaven : The Chinese Journeys of An ... Heart : A Poem Cycle . Santa Barbara , Calif . , Capra Press . Eiseley , L. ( 1956 ) . The Immense Journey . New York ...
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Volume 1 | 457 |
Chapter 6 | 459 |
Toward Creation | 490 |
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The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer ..., Том 2 Stephen A. Norwick Перегляд фрагмента - 2006 |
The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer ..., Том 1 Stephen A. Norwick Перегляд фрагмента - 2006 |
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Ahura Mazda alchemy ancient Angra Mainyu animals Aristotle astronomical Averroes became believed book of nature Burroughs called Cavendish century Christian conservation Copernicus created creation creator culture Darwin developed dynamic equilibrium early earth Emerson Encyclopedia environmental European evolution example famous flow flux of nature flux trope forest fossils founder geological Glacken globe goddess gods Greek heaven Hebrew Heraclitus human Hutton Huxley hydrologic cycle idea important intellectual interesting James Hutton Jewish John King land language lived magic Medieval metaphor modern moon mountains Muir myths natural science nature writer notion ocean pagan philosopher planet Plato poem poet popular Project Gutenberg Ptolemy published rain religion religious Renaissance rivers rocks Roman Empire Saint Sarton scientific scientists seems soil sphere spirit stars story stream Sumerian Taton theory things Thoreau Thorndike thought tree trope word writing written wrote Yggdrasil York