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Pathetic fallacy   /pəθˈɛtɪk fˈæləsi/   Listen
Pathetic fallacy

noun
1.
The fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; 'the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy.





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"Pathetic fallacy" Quotes from Famous Books



... intellect, to learn a little something of its focus, the brain; a little comparative anatomy. These men are not philosophers. Metaphysicians are poets gone wrong. Schopenhauer invents a "genius of the race"—there you have his cloven hoof, the pathetic fallacy, the poet's heritage. There are things in Schopenhauer which make one blush for philosophy. The day may dawn when this man will be read not for what he says, but for how he says it; he being one of the few of his race who can write in their own language. Impossible, of ...
— Alone • Norman Douglas


Words linked to "Pathetic fallacy" :   fallacy, false belief


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