That's true, but another fundamental feature of metaphors
is the insight they provide by understanding one thing
in terms of another.
I think it is this double aspect of metaphors which is
partly responsible for the puzzling feeling caused by
self-consciousness.
-J.
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> I am puzzled about all statements being metaphors.
> To me one feature about metaphors is that we must
> tolerate inconsistencies.
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