Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...elaborate, prolonged development, clause on clause, sentence on sentence, of an implied comparison between two objects.--"A river is our life, ever-flowing and filled with waves one upon another. One has already flowed by, another is still passing, another has just emerged from its sources, another is about to do so, and all of us hasten to the common sea of death"--Quod Mundanis, 172 E. b) Metaphor--one object is likened to another object by asserting it to be that other object, the comparative words being omitted. It is the shorter, more usual form of metaphor.--"Men who thus write spin a spider's web."--Hex. 1, 3 B. c) Redundant Metaphor--the presentation of the same aspect of an object under many metaphors based on varied provinces of thought and experience.--"A piteous sight it was for the just to see that soldier become a runaway, that most valiant man a captive, that lamb of Christ snatched off by the wolf."--In XL Martyres, 154 C. 3. The Comparison, like the metaphor, is divided for purposes of demonstrating the extent of sophistic influence into the subdivisions which follow. a) Short Comparison--a property, or properties, of one object is formally attributed to another object. It is a metaphor completed by a grammatical form.--"For just as a shadow clings to the body, so does sin cling to our souls."--In Divites, 58 C. b) Long Comparison--an elaborate, detailed instance of the foregoing.--"For just as the goal of the road is different (i. e. for travellers) but their dwelling together arises as an accident of their journeys, so for those united in marriage or in any other communion of this life, the end of their lives is clearly pre-ordained for them, and this pre-ordained end of...
