"Thus a Tempest at Sea is often an Emblem of Wrath"

— Hutcheson, Francis (1694-1746)


Place of Publication
London
Date
1725
Metaphor
"Thus a Tempest at Sea is often an Emblem of Wrath"
Metaphor in Context
IV. We may here observe a strange Proneness in our Minds to make perpetual Comparisons of all things which occur to our Observation, even those which would seem very remote
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in Liberty Fund's OLL
Citation
Hutcheson, Francis. An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. Ed. Wolfgang Leidhold. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004.
Theme
Meta-metaphorical
Date of Entry
08/18/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.