# Metaphorically speaking

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: James Geary
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics, Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the metaphor. Friend of scribes from Aristotle to Elvis, metaphor can subtly influence the decisions we make, Geary says.

## Lectures

1. [Metaphorically speaking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking/796e7149e59d), 10 min (TED's player)