Metaphor

Metaphor is an expression of the language’s inability to express the sensations we have in the brain. It is a symbolic attempt to convey sensations that are beyond human consciousness. Metaphors are iconic acknowledgments of the unchanging. The clearest thoughts are often metaphors, unfortunately. A metaphor will never exist and be preserved, if its contents was not real. No one has used metaphors better than Plato, and no one has ever strived to free himself from this use, as Plato did.