LessonsImaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-SakkakiQuiz

تدخل المنية في جنس السبع للمبالغة في التشبيه
Death is rhetorically included in the class of predators to intensify the comparison.

The claim does not alter the conventional meaning of the word “death,” nor does it give death a literal body. It presents death’s overpowering force as though it seized prey like a beast.

Claimed generic membership expresses a far stronger identification than an overt “like” construction. That rhetorical force motivates the account, even while theorists differ over its precise technical formulation.

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Claimed inclusion in the class of predators

Imaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-Sakkaki

تدخل المنية في جنس السبع للمبالغة في التشبيه
Death is rhetorically included in the class of predators to intensify the comparison.

The claim does not alter the conventional meaning of the word “death,” nor does it give death a literal body. It presents death’s overpowering force as though it seized prey like a beast.

Claimed generic membership expresses a far stronger identification than an overt “like” construction. That rhetorical force motivates the account, even while theorists differ over its precise technical formulation.