This is a compilation of essays born of varying impetuses and written over a number of years on the general topic of metaphor, my life obsession since my spring semester at Berry College in 1953. The generalized purpose of the following documents is to trace the path of metaphor as my thinking evolved. More importantly, it is hoped that these essaysread along with my prolix and sometimes confusing opusmy chef d oeuvre on metaphor, Metamorphosos: A Proposed Path to Independent Livingwill shed new light on some of the major philosophical conundrums perplexing the world today.
Among these conundrums, the still unresolved issues growing out of Albert Einsteins relativity theoriesone of which is determinism. Are we prisoners of our particle origins, consigned to a preordained cycle of macro machinery, or free individuals equipped with the necessary tools to exercise free will and control our destinies?
