Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia

According to Vico «metaphor makes up the great body of the language». This sentence has to be read and discussed in connection with Vico’s definition of metaphor as «a fable in brief». Within the relation between these two sentences we have the possibility to conceive the importance of metaphor as a...

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Main Author: Francesco Valagussa
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-12-01
Series:Aisthesis
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/849
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spelling doaj-37cc7df05b0e4f83adc6f5fdfc89823e2020-11-25T01:49:39ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662014-12-0172Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materiaFrancesco ValagussaAccording to Vico «metaphor makes up the great body of the language». This sentence has to be read and discussed in connection with Vico’s definition of metaphor as «a fable in brief». Within the relation between these two sentences we have the possibility to conceive the importance of metaphor as a bridge between the “wholly corporal imagination” of the body and the very begin of our mind. By “bringing forth of forms from matter” metaphor enables the gesture of reflection, which is the epitome of mind in his effort to reflect and to understand the world.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/849Vicometaphorfable in briefwholly corporeal imagination
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title Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia
title_short Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia
title_full Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia
title_fullStr Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia
title_full_unstemmed Vico. La metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. Menare fuori le forme dalla materia
title_sort vico. la metafora fa il maggior corpo delle lingue. menare fuori le forme dalla materia
publisher Firenze University Press
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publishDate 2014-12-01
description According to Vico «metaphor makes up the great body of the language». This sentence has to be read and discussed in connection with Vico’s definition of metaphor as «a fable in brief». Within the relation between these two sentences we have the possibility to conceive the importance of metaphor as a bridge between the “wholly corporal imagination” of the body and the very begin of our mind. By “bringing forth of forms from matter” metaphor enables the gesture of reflection, which is the epitome of mind in his effort to reflect and to understand the world.
topic Vico
metaphor
fable in brief
wholly corporeal imagination
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/849
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