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... I still wish to contend that some metaphors enable us to see aspects of reality that the metaphor's production helps to constitute. But that is no longer surprising if one believes that the world is necessarily a world under a certain description - or a world seen from a certain perspective.

Max Black

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Max Black
Age: 79 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 24
Died: 1988
Died: August 27
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