"According to French philosopher Michèle Le Dœuff, the Middle Ages were characterized by metaphorical or analogical thinking: thinking through and with images wherein the similarities between objects were conceived in terms of metaphor—my love is a red, red, rose—rather than in terms of similes—my love is like a red, red rose. Within this visual epistemology, metaphor is not merely a trope. It is reality."
Question: What is the value in differentiating time periods between metaphor and simile? Is there one?
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