ABSTRACT
This notion of generic relatedness is valuable; and since we acknowledge that metaphors instruct, there is no great drawback in the fact that it is expressed metaphorically. Besides, the metaphor of ‘far’ and ‘near’ merely continues that of ‘transfer’ or ‘conveyance’ [transport]; to transfer is to approximate, to suppress distance [dés-éloigner]. In a preconceptual fashion, the notion of generic relatedness points towards the idea of a ‘family resemblance,’ to which the logical status of resemblance in the metaphorical process could be linked.
