principles are fixed compass points

Categories: Comparisons

An example of an extended metaphor in a scientist's writing:

"Principles constitute the fixed points of the compass that are required for successful orientation in the world of phenomena."

Ernst Cassirer

Cassirer, E. (1950/1978). The Problem of Knowledge. Philosophy, Science, & History since Hegel (W. H. Woglom & C. W. Hendel, Trans.). Yale University Press.

Author: Keith

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