 [ Large Image ] | Wisdom & Metaphor Jan Zwicky 2003 / Philosophy / $31.95 9781894031783 / Trade paper / 288 pp Edition is out of print This title is no longer available from Gaspereau Press. Please check with Brush Education Inc. “The shape of metaphorical thought is also the shape of wisdom,” states Jan Zwicky in her introduction to Wisdom & Metaphor, “What a human mind must do in order to comprehend a metaphor is a version of what it must do in order to be wise.” In this follow-up to her astonishingly original book Lyric Philosophy (1992), Zwicky sets out to explore the ways in which metaphorical thought links to wisdom: “Those who think metaphorically are enabled to think truly,” suggests Zwicky, “because the shape of their thinking echoes the shape of the world.” Zwicky’s prose style is the very model of her thesis, echoing the measured, sure-spoken clarity of her poetry, guiding the reader through multiple layers of meaning in the right-hand/left-hand voice style that she employed so successfully in Lyric Philosophy. Wisdom & Metaphor is a stunning work that will engage a broad range of readers. Review: “There’s a reasonable chance that people will be reading [Zwicky’s] work a century from now. This is something that one says of only a very small number of philosophers.” Dr. James Young, Chair, Dept. of Philosphy, University of Victoria “It is one that should be read, considered and then reread, since there is no doubt that what Zwicky has given us is a book of wisdom.” Anne Simpson, Halifax Chronicle Herald There is also a special edition of the book: 9781894031813 Has a newer edition: 9781554470549 | Other Books by this Author |  | Lyric Philosophy Jan Zwicky 2011 / Philosophy / $74.95 CAN 9781554470884 / Hardcover / 896 pp |  | Forge Jan Zwicky 2011 / Poetry / $19.95 CAN 9781554470976 / Trade paper / 80 pp |  | Plato as Artist Jan Zwicky 2009 / Philosophy / $25.95 CAN 9781554470754 / Trade paper / 112 pp |  | Wisdom & Metaphor Jan Zwicky 2008 / Philosophy / $41.95 CAN 9781554470549 / Hardcover / 320 pp |  | A Ragged Pen: Essays on Poetry & Memory Jan Zwicky, Robert Finley, Patrick Friesen, Aislinn Hunter, Anne Simpson 2006 / Essays / $22.95 CAN 9781554470303 / Trade paper / 96 pp |  | Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences Jan Zwicky 2005 / Poetry / $49.95 CAN 9781554470006 / Fine / 80 pp |  | Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences Jan Zwicky 2005 / Poetry / $18.95 CAN 9781554470013 / Trade paper / 80 pp |  | Wisdom & Metaphor Jan Zwicky 2003 / Philosophy / $69.95 CAN 9781894031813 / Fine / 288 pp |
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