acids eats up metal

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An example of an analogy incorporating a metaphor:

"What strikes me as objectionable in the postmodernist outlook, on the other hand, is its pervasive relativism, which attacks truth the way an acid eats up metal."

Wolfgang Smith

Smith, W. (2015). Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions. A critique of contemporary scientism. Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.