Well, there is a deep reason why poets consistently commit this atrocious
fallacy with reckless abandon.
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From: hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 9:04:09 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Snow Storm is symbolic? I think so.
There's a literary name for this:
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Pathetic_ fallacy
The pathetic fallacy or anthropomorphic fallacy is the description of
inanimate natural objects in a manner that endows them with human
feelings, thoughts and sensations. It is when the author expresses the
character's feelings through his/her surroundings. The pathetic
fallacy is a special case of the fallacy of reification. The word
"pathetic" in this use is related to empathy (capability of feeling),
and is not pejorative.
The pathetic fallacy is also related to the concept of
personification. Personification is direct and explicit in the
ascription of life and sentience to the thing in question, whereas the
pathetic fallacy is much broader and more allusive.
--- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote:
>
> The last time Maharishi was in FF, the 7,000 course, there was a
> terrible snow storm.
>
> Just wondering if FF got hit as hard as Madison, WI is presently being
> hit -- if so, then it's the same kind of astral event to my way of
> thinking.... in each case Maharishi was on everyone's mind.
>
> Next time anyone fears global warming, all we have to do is think really
> hard about Maharishi! Shemp, I so apologize to you.
>
> This "cold thingie" seems to be deeply understood by humans at some
> subtle level. In spooky movies we often get that when an evil presence
> is afoot, the humans suddenly have their breaths showing cuz of the
> coldness in the room -- The Exorcist, Stir of Echoes, etc. And then
> there's Milton stuffing Satan in the lowest level of hell encased in
> ice.
>
> <http://imdb. com/title/ tt0164181/> And what is the least level of
> excitation if not absolute zero?
>
> 10 inches on the ground, can't see even a block down the street, wind
> howling, and no end in sight here.
>
> To me, it's a perfectly wondrous funereal shroud of white, and with
> one's master gone nothing else can be seen, and Vata's singing a final
> song.
>
> Edg
>
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