He recognized that there was something suspicious about it, as though it might have been like the air he breathed, just another metaphor.
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He recognized that there was something suspicious about it, as though it might have been like the air he breathed, just another metaphor.
“Words are very slippery. Wittgenstein has more than 30 pages, for example, on the word “pain.” What is pain? Can I tell what kind of pain you’re in? You can tell me, “I really am in extreme pain.” But is that necessarily “true”? Maybe you’re just trying to impress me.”
Marjorie Perloff