00940pab a2200109 454500008003600000100001900036245008200055362003000137520059200167650002600759773004500785180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKramer Fred A.  aUsing the classics to expand public administrative thought: an exhortory note  a22(4), Dec 1992, p.301-06  aPublic administrators - both practitioners and academics need to develop critical thinking skill. The mental exercise required to assess the validity of myths and metaphors can help develop this capacity to think beyond boundarics of problems. Drawing from the work of diverse authors such as Perey Bysshe Shelley, the early nineteenth. century port, and more current works of the philosopher Neeson Goodman, this article shows how the conflict inherent in metaphors can be an exercise in creativity. Examples particluary relevant to public administration are drawn from Homer's Odyssey.  aPublic Administration  aAmerican Review of Public Administration