“The new philosopher does not put metaphor to rhetorical use but subordinates it … to the strategic objective of using non-stereotyped metaphors in order to unmask the metaphors which constitute every concept.”

—  Sarah Kofman

Source: Nietzsche et la métaphore (1972), p. 18

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philosopher from France 1934–1994

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