The Rule of Metaphor

Name: The Rule of Metaphor
Author: Paul Ricoeur

by Paul Ricoeur

Investigation of metaphor's role in meaning-making and philosophical understanding

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Paul Ricoeur

French philosopher whose work spans hermeneutics, narrative theory, and the philosophy of the self. Time and Narrative examines how stories give form to human experience; Oneself as Another analyzes personal identity. He was the most prolific and wide-ranging Continental philosopher of his generation.

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