3 Metaphors for infancies

They have shown that infancy is the largest opportunity and education the most powerful instrument for the conscious adjustment of man to the physical and social world in which he lives.

The metaphoric 'infancy' of which Guarini speaks is the pre-dramatic period of pastoral growth.

The angel then said, "All the inhabitants of this mountain appear at a distance like infants, because they are in a state of innocence; and infancy is the appearance of innocence."

3 Metaphors for  infancies