Book contents
- Working Wonders
- Working Wonders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part I Those Who Made the Impossible Happen
- Part II Entrenching and Defending the Fortress
- Part III Opening the Mind
- Part IV Do-It-Yourself Tips
- Chapter 18 Precondition One
- Chapter 19 Forest for the Trees
- Chapter 20 The Opening Value of Allegories, Metaphors, and Paradoxes
- Chapter 21 Games and Simulations
- Chapter 22 Joy and Dancing
- Chapter 23 A Flexible Body Opens the Mind
- Chapter 24 Imagination as a Key to the Impossible
- Chapter 25 Summary
- Chapter 26 Précis
- Appendix: Measuring Possibilitivity
- References
- Index
Chapter 20 - The Opening Value of Allegories, Metaphors, and Paradoxes
from Part IV - Do-It-Yourself Tips
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2019
- Working Wonders
- Working Wonders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- Part I Those Who Made the Impossible Happen
- Part II Entrenching and Defending the Fortress
- Part III Opening the Mind
- Part IV Do-It-Yourself Tips
- Chapter 18 Precondition One
- Chapter 19 Forest for the Trees
- Chapter 20 The Opening Value of Allegories, Metaphors, and Paradoxes
- Chapter 21 Games and Simulations
- Chapter 22 Joy and Dancing
- Chapter 23 A Flexible Body Opens the Mind
- Chapter 24 Imagination as a Key to the Impossible
- Chapter 25 Summary
- Chapter 26 Précis
- Appendix: Measuring Possibilitivity
- References
- Index
Summary
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity in the dissimilar.
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- Working WondersHow to Make the Impossible Happen, pp. 126 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019