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January 24, 2020 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s blog. How do metaphors reveal a hidden truth? Question 1, Article 8 of Aquinas’s Summa Theologica investigates whether or not Sacred Doctrine is a matter of argument. One common answer, as Aquinas notes, would be to say that they are articles of faith. However, …
September 21, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. According to Merriam-Webster, a weed is either A) a plant that is not valued where it is growing, or B) an obnoxious growth, thing or person. In better understanding how we use the term “weed” and what it signifies, I want to demonstrate …
July 20, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville warns that abstract language is like “a box with a false bottom; you may put in what ideas you please and take them out again unobserved” (258). Since I often study poetry and think about how metaphor affects …
June 19, 2015 Whether or not we realize it, metaphor pervades all speech. Look no further than ‘head of lettuce’ or ‘ear of corn’ to find a common example. Expressions like these often make learning a new language fun and challenging. Today’s blog ventures into figurative language from the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy …
