ABSTRACT
With the tone set in antiquity, metaphor remained ignored or marginalized for centuries to come. Enlightenment philosophers were outright scornful. Thomas Hobbes (1651/1968) and John Locke (1947/1689) accused metaphor of interfering with clear reasoning by using words in ways that deviate from their proper sense (see Chapter 4). In contexts where precise terminology is expected, such as scientific theory or legal policy, metaphor is to be avoided at all costs (for exceptions, see Jäkel, 1999).
