 But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.  Leap into Literacy - Pagina 57door Kathleen Gould Lundy - 2007 - 128 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle - 1898 - 454 pagina’s
...these 9 several modes of expression— compound words, strange (or rare) words, and so forth. /fBut the greatest thing by ' /far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another ; it is the mark of genius, — for to make good metaphors... | |
 | Aristotle - 1898 - 144 pagina’s
...these 9 several modes of expression — compound words, strange (or rare) words, and so forth. But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another ; it is the mark of genius, — for to make good metaphors... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 410 pagina’s
...in these several modes of expression — compound words, strange (or rare) words, and so forth. But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another ; it is the mark of genius." Butcher's Translation. 207 :... | |
 | John Adams - 1910 - 448 pagina’s
...clear, and the pupil sees that it ia 1 This subject receives fuller treatment in Chapter X. 1 " But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, — for to make good metaphors... | |
 | Hartley Burr Alexander - 1923 - 552 pagina’s
...remarking that this reasoning is not only valid, but that it is the only possible valid reasoning. "The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor; this alone cannot be im- 14593 parted by another; it is the mark of genius." Aristotle is defining... | |
 | 1910 - 660 pagina’s
...elevation and distinction to language is the use of figurative expressions. In the words of Aristotle " the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone can not be imparted by another ; it is the mark of genius — for to make good metaphors... | |
 | Mary Ann Caws, Hermine B. Riffaterre - 1983 - 268 pagina’s
...what is genius other than a gift for manipulating figure? As the founder of Western poetics puts it: "The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius" (Aristotle, Poetics, 1459a). Yet... | |
 | Adena Rosmarin - 1985 - 218 pagina’s
...argument, which is characteristically modern, is also ancient: Aristotle in his Poetics argues that "the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies... | |
 | Winifred Bryan Horner - 1983 - 190 pagina’s
...rules of English grammar. At the same time 9. See Aristotle, On the Art of Poetry, 14586, p. 31: "But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius." 10. William Wordsworth, The Prose... | |
 | Barbara Johnson - 1989 - 252 pagina’s
...what is genius other than a gift for manipulating figure? As the founder of Western poetics puts it: "The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius" (Aristotle, Poetics 14593). Yet... | |
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