The name of the rose does not smell sweet
Nov. 9th, 2009 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
"The more openly it remains a figure of speech, the more it is a dissimilar similitude and not literal, the more a metaphor reveals its truth."
—Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose (tr. William Weaver)
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"The more openly it remains a figure of speech, the more it is a dissimilar similitude and not literal, the more a metaphor reveals its truth."
—Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose (tr. William Weaver)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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Date: 2009-11-09 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-09 08:05 pm (UTC)Therefore, any figure refers more clearly to the truth the more openly it shows, through dissimilar similarity, that it is indeed a figure and not the truth.
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