{"id":3959,"date":"2019-02-12T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/sensory-metaphors-of-vanity\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:40:44","slug":"sensory-metaphors-of-vanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/sensory-metaphors-of-vanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensory Metaphors of Vanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">The empty aspect of the world. Or, exchanging an aural metaphor for the visual: this world rings hollow. In tactile terms: it&#39;s slippery, flimsy. And it stinks because it&#39;s rotten. The food that supplies us has a limited shelf life and so do we. And it leaves a bad taste in our mouths. We speak of bitter experiences and of people who are embittered. But life can be sweet as well. You call your lady love &#39;sweetie.&#39;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Related:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2009\/11\/a-philosophers-notes-on-ecclesiastes-chapters-12.html\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">A Philosopher&#39;s Notes on Ecclesiastes, Chapters 1-2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2009\/11\/a-philosophers-notes-on-ecclesiastes-chapter-3.html\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">A Philosopher&#39;s Notes on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The empty aspect of the world. Or, exchanging an aural metaphor for the visual: this world rings hollow. In tactile terms: it&#39;s slippery, flimsy. And it stinks because it&#39;s rotten. The food that supplies us has a limited shelf life and so do we. And it leaves a bad taste in our mouths. We speak &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/sensory-metaphors-of-vanity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sensory Metaphors of Vanity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-impermanence","category-metaphors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}