ABSTRACT
The cluster of 6 mappings that relate to nature is attested in a total of 18 examples contained in the English data, 17 of which appear in Evolution Encoded, a situation that makes for a highly heterogeneous metaphorical discourse on the subject of nature. There are also four expressions-each representing a new mapping-that have been added in one or other language. In a long and detailed historical discussion of the metaphors used to conceptualise nature, Norwick considers the plethora of tropes that have been employed in Western civilisation over the last 3,000 years and more. Of the four individual mappings, nature is a blind designer is retained almost universally, followed by nature is a software designer and nature is an exerciser of choice. Nature is a creator of code is significantly depleted in a number of translations, although, on the other hand, some individual expressions undergo a certain intensification.
