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詹姆斯.吉理 (James Geary) :譬喻

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愛好收集研究格言的作家 詹姆斯.吉理 (James Geary) 介紹人類語言的一個有趣的固定型式:譬喻。從亞裏士多德到貓王,譬喻甚至會影響我們的決策。

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, Traditional by Wang-Ju Tsai
Reviewed by Beatrice Lee
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