{"id":345,"date":"2007-10-16T17:22:39","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T14:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/?p=345"},"modified":"2012-10-02T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T14:24:31","slug":"faculty-research-seminar-lecture-looks-on-metaphors-in-aristotle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/2007\/10\/16\/faculty-research-seminar-lecture-looks-on-metaphors-in-aristotle\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty research seminar lecture looks on Metaphors in Aristotle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-346\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/2007\/10\/16\/faculty-research-seminar-lecture-looks-on-metaphors-in-aristotle\/aristotle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-346\" title=\"aristotle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/aristotle-200x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/aristotle-200x189.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/aristotle.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Deree Professor Joanna Patsioti addressed students and faculty on Aristotle&#8217;s study of metaphors and their use in both classical and contemporary contexts. Patsioti elaborated on the definition of metaphors in Aristotle, who was &#8220;the first to offer systematic study of metaphors and their connection to analogy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She also referred to classical texts by Isocrates and Plato, as well as more contemporary thinkers, who argued that metaphors play a role that&#8217;s not only decorative but also substantial in our language.<\/p>\n<p>She said metaphors are often a reflection of the culture that produces them. In maritime Britain, for example, metaphors related to the sea abound.<\/p>\n<p>In the discussion that followed the lecture, audience members noted the aesthetic aspect of metaphors in language and their importance in news media. They also explored the impact of Aristotle&#8217;s perspective on history on the role he attributed to metaphors.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deree Professor Joanna Patsioti addressed students and faculty on Aristotle&#8217;s study of metaphors and their use in both classical and contemporary contexts. Patsioti elaborated on the definition of metaphors in Aristotle, who was &#8220;the first to offer systematic study of metaphors and their connection to analogy&#8221;. She also referred to classical texts by Isocrates and [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}