METAPHOR AS A WAY TO CHANGE COORDINATES
The paper considers the question of how metaphor works in the transition from one conceptual scheme to another one. For this there are two levels – narrative and constructive – and it is shown that the image of the underlying metaphorical mapping allows to specify the new coordinates of mental schemes. It is through visualization metaphor provides the possibility of the active choice of the part of the meaning or the new meaning that is to be introduced into the new system of associations. For example, fragments of Heraclitus demonstrate the break with the traditional mythical metaphor of birth, and Heraclitus uses three different metaphors related to different everyday practices. Then on the instances of the doctrines of Parmenides and Plato it is shown how using the metaphor of a chariot and a cave the breakthrough to the new ideal (transheavenly) reality is arranged, and then ordering a new system of concepts, including variable and constant, the demiurge, truth, enlightenment, etc.
Keywords: narrative metaphor, constructive metaphor, Ancient Greek philosophy, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato.
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