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Cusanus' Everyday Metaphors: A Suggestion for their Typology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20039353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Knut Martin Stünkel (0000-0002-3182-2483, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Metaphor Papers (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Collaborative Research Center 1475 “Metaphors of Religion” (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.46586/mp.389.462 |
| OpenAlex | W4409375929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Successful metaphors are not necessarily bound to the extraordinary. They may also emerge from the profanities of everyday life. In Cusanus’ work, different sorts of metaphors fulfill a particular role in the philosophical or theological argument. Thus, the kinds of metaphors Cusanus uses have to be scrutinized, and, in particular, his remarkable employment of many and manifold metaphors of everyday life. The article aims at developing a preliminary and tentative typology of everyday metaphors in Cusanus’ work that might also be valid for metaphor-usage from different times and regions
Archaeology · Typology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |