What did Gaston Bachelard mean by: The metaphor is~ an origin, the origin of an image which acts directly, immediately. - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France Copy
+ The reflected world is the conquest of calm. Feraz Zeid, July 31, 2023December 12, 2023, Gaston Bachelard, Calm, Unity, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection Feraz Zeid, August 26, 2023December 24, 2023, Gaston Bachelard, Comfort, Memories, Protection, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child’s world and thus a world event. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gaston Bachelard, Children, Events, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gaston Bachelard, Philosophy, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ Words are clamor-filled shells. There’s many a story in the miniature of a single word! Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gaston Bachelard, Shells, Stories, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ We must listen to poets. Feraz Zeid, July 31, 2023December 12, 2023, Gaston Bachelard, Poet, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gaston Bachelard, Moving Forward, Moving On, Wise, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
+ The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gaston Bachelard, Love, Soul, 0 - Gaston Bachelard Philosopher · France
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. - William P. Young Author · Canada
Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Metaphor creates a new reality from which the original appears to be unreal. - Wallace Stevens Poet · USA
A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on. - Georg C. Lichtenberg Physicist · Germany
