"Even our understanding of logic is based on metaphors. Consider “All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.” As Richard Posner pointed out, the first premise presents a box labeled “all men,” in which each of the contents is labeled “mortal” and one of those is labeled “Socrates.” Posner concluded: “[W]e find the syllogism compelling by virtue of a metaphor, the metaphor of the box. (odd that one should “prove” the truth of logic by a metaphor!)” "
Posner, “The Jurisprudence of Skepticism,” 86 Mich L. Rev 827, 830 (1988).
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