The Open Thread posted at the beginning of the month has gotten really, really big, so I've gone ahead and made another one. Post your new discussions here!
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Couldn't that be more succinctly stated as "its metaphors have the ring of truth about them"?
Maybe, but a lot of Freud's metaphors had/have a similar ring.