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James Geary:暗喻言说

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Dec 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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格言爱好者及作家 James Geary 将对人类语言中的暗喻,这一引人入胜的现象进行阐述。Geary 还说,从亚里士多德到猫王都是暗喻之友,暗喻也能微妙地影响到我们的决策。

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 Chinese, Simplified by An Li
Reviewed by Chaoran Yu
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