Quote: "..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 similies--my love is like a red, red rose. Within this visual epistemology, metaphor is not merely a trope" (Fleckenstein, p. 9)
Question: What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of analogical thinking?
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