Re: cold logic (was "re:kennings")

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

Robin Turner writes:
>"Warmly logical" may have shock value, but I'm
>not sure how one might use it.

Hmm, how about these:

"Leonard Peikoff's analysis of the contradictions and irrationalities =
inherent in the NAZI philosophy comes to the warmly logical conclusion =
that philosophical consistency leads to a greater respect for individual =
rights."

"She explained to her client, with relentlessly warm logic, that he was =
not responsible for the accident he witnessed."


As to why we use warm and cold for the associated emotional attitudes; I =
bet if they use temperature metaphors in equatorial countries for warm =
and cold emotions, that they use the same ones as in colder countries.  =
What we call emotional warmth is probably universally associated in one =
way or another with physical contact, which really is warm.

Chris