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TAGS: * Metaphors and allegories; * Philosophy; - Ethics; Discourse (general); Paris Talks (book); Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)
Abstract:
Many statements in the Writings are couched in terms of a particular discourse, or intellectual tradition, for their immediate audience. Understanding context can help evaluate whether any given statement is meant as factual truth or as metaphor.
Notes:
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Crossreferences:

Discourses of Knowledge

Frank Lewis

published in Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought

eds. John Danesh & Seena Fazel, pp. 47-78

Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 2004

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