THE AUTONOMY OF METAPHOR: COGNITION AND METHOD IN LUCIAN BLAGA’S PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE
THE AUTONOMY OF METAPHOR: COGNITION AND METHOD IN LUCIAN BLAGA’S PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE

Summary/Abstract: The metaphor as a convergence space of linguistics and ontology might as well turn into a trap into which Lucian Blaga’s speculative discourse falls sacrificing to the overstrung sphere of metaphorical language the necessary minimum dose of unambiguity of the idea to be transmitted. In consequence, the metaphor becomes the attraction force between the two big spheres that generate it – a force that, at a certain point determines their collision. An osmotic dangerous process is thus produced, coherent only at the transmitter’s level, because as far as the receiver is concerned, the metaphoric discourse doesn’t include the concomitant disclosure of Blaga’s theory of metaphor. The risk seems not to be entirely perceived by our philosopher and is represented by the mise en abyme of the global message by a tautological definition of the terms (based on metaphor). At this point the autonomy of metaphor is ascertained by the multiplication/ multiplicity of meanings, so that the metaphor becomes linguistically and concerning the speculative discourse what is transcendental censorship on the ontological level. We will consequently speak about the censorship of metaphor. Therefore the place of the Great Anonymous will be taken by the philosopher who doesn’t adjust his discourse to the intention of the content.

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