We Live by the Metaphors We Live By

A great book to study is George Lakoff's Metaphors We Live By. This is a wonderful examination of the language that we use and how if we just unpick it just tease it apart a little bit, we find primitive or primordial wisdom which can teach us how to live better. The dead our ancestors they remain alive in our language in our figurative language in our metaphors and similes. Similes hold meaning proverbs hold meaning allegories are vessels of meaning and instruction.