"Weber had told the story years ago, concluding with a few thoughts about the locked room of personal experience."
— Powers, Richard (b. 1957)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Picador
Date
2006
Metaphor
"Weber had told the story years ago, concluding with a few thoughts about the locked room of personal experience."
Metaphor in Context
Weber had told the story years ago, concluding with a few thoughts about the locked room of personal experience. The senses were a metaphor at best. Neuroscience had revived Democritus: we speak of bitter and sweet, or hot and cold, but we come no closer to actual qualities than a rough thumbnail. All we could exchange were pointers--purple, sharp, acrid--to our private sensations.
(p. 229)
(p. 229)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Richard Powers, The Echo Maker (New York: Picador, 2006).
Date of Entry
06/08/2015
