Aristotle appreciates metaphor for its excellent rhetorical function, and he insists that to teaching others how to use metaphors is impossible.

• 隐喻的多学科研究，尤其是认知语言学的贡献，使隐喻获得了全新的内涵：隐喻是我们认识世界的方式，人类的认知是隐喻的；