Random Analogies
God As Burned Out Lamp?
a: God ~
b: an oil lamp that has burned out
What: "Aren't some mystics interpreting the bible as a cypher? In theri view nothing is what it seems in it. I like the Kabbalists notion that God is like an oil lamp that has burned out, you can find traces of the oil in everything, including tress and grass...."
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Writer: katisumas
LCC: BL
Where:
Date: Jul 31 2011 1:03 PM
# 933 Critique Analogy
Plastic Surgery Is Like ...
a: Plastic surgery ~
b: hurting your parent's feelings
What: "Just a recommendation. But you know, if you also love your own parents, and you don't want to hurt them, then don't get plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is like hurting your parent's feelings after what they have given you at birth. :("
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Writer: Lixa
LCC: R
Where:
Date: Aug 23 2011 10:15 AM
# 1210 Critique Analogy
Needs Some Fertilizer
a: The human mind ~
b: a fertile ground
What: "The human mind is like a fertile ground where seeds are continually being planted."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 18 2012 9:55 PM
# 1879 Critique Analogy
On Translations....
a: A natural sentence ~
b: well made furniture
What: "Having jettisoned the idea of word-by-word translation, you have another burden to deal with. What we call "Grammar" is a double edged knife, on the one side there are simple and direct connections of words with words and with ideas, the glue of cementing words into phrases and sentences. Think of English, how invisible the glue and the glue joints of this sentence which I am writing, actually are. A natural sentence is like well made furniture where the fingernail can't find the joint, to use the Roman poet's example."
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Writer: William Harris Prof. Em. Middlebury College
LCC:
Where:
Date: Oct 16 2013 10:50 AM
# 4108 Critique Analogy
