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James Geary nói chuyện một cách ẩn dụ

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Dec 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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Tác gia và cũng là người yêu thích cách ngôn James Geary đã trau chuốt tạo phẩm kì diệu nhất của ngôn ngữ loài người: ẩn dụ. Geary cho rằng, theo bạn bè của các học giả từ thời Aristotle đến Alvis, ẩn dụ có thể ảnh hưởng một cách nhẹ nhàng tới các quyết định của chúng ta.

Lost jobs, wayward lovers, wars and famine -- come to think of it, just about any of life's curveballs -- there's an aphorism for it, and James Geary's got it. Full bio »

Translated into Vietnamese by Hien Pham
Reviewed by Trong Kim Nguyen
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