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Analogy (n.) hangs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on the little word “like,” which has mattered enormously in the history of thought: by it the mind drew the world into its own magic circle.

An Analogy (n.) even ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of the most superficial kind must not be shunned by the comparative psychologist — it serves as a bridge for psychic associations, horrifying philosopher and specialist alike.

An Analogy (n.) was, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for medieval man, not a logical figure but a secret identity — a remnant of primitive thinking still very much alive: the Easter fire, the cornerstone and the spark are each Christ.

An Analogy (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the child's archaic thinking — I'll swallow an orange and get a baby — and survives in the adult just below consciousness, surfacing in dreams.

Analogy (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠how we always grasp the unknown, modelling the future on past experience, as people meeting horses for the first time took them for large pigs; symbolism exists for this reason, and dreaming is subliminal comprehension by analogy.