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Tag Archives: Metaphors
SEMANTICS; WHAT IT ALL MEANS? AND OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING
“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.” Michael Pollan … Continue reading →
Posted in Buddhism, Critical Thinking, Cultural Attitudes, Education, Human Nature, Knowledge, Language, Metaphors, Mythology, Parables, Subjective, Symbology, Symbols, True Teaching, Uncategorized, Wisdom
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Tagged Carl Jung, Language, Linguistics, Mahākāśyapa, Meaning, Metaphors, Parables, Sakyamuni, Semantics, Symbols, Transmission
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Kone, Krusos, Kronos 