LessonsClassifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and InclusionQuiz

فكيف يكون جامعًا والجامع يجب أن يكون في المستعار منه أقوى؟
How can it be the shared feature if the feature is supposed to be stronger in the model from which the expression is borrowed?

The objection presses a subtle issue: if the feature is internal to a concept, how can the comparison depend on different degrees of that feature? One response distinguishes an intelligible shared notion from the varying strength with which it is realized.

Conceptual commonality does not require numerical equality of degree. The feature can belong to both meanings while showing greater intensity in the borrowed model. This extends the distinction already encountered in comparing running with flying.

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Objection: how can a shared feature be conceptual?

Classifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and Inclusion

فكيف يكون جامعًا والجامع يجب أن يكون في المستعار منه أقوى؟
How can it be the shared feature if the feature is supposed to be stronger in the model from which the expression is borrowed?

The objection presses a subtle issue: if the feature is internal to a concept, how can the comparison depend on different degrees of that feature? One response distinguishes an intelligible shared notion from the varying strength with which it is realized.

Conceptual commonality does not require numerical equality of degree. The feature can belong to both meanings while showing greater intensity in the borrowed model. This extends the distinction already encountered in comparing running with flying.