Think "of" something. Think "through" something. The difference in the experience of the thinking here has to do with the underlying metaphor. As Lakoff & Johnson explain in their book Metaphors We Live By, "The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another."
Notes on Metaphor
Notes on Metaphor
Notes on Metaphor
Think "of" something. Think "through" something. The difference in the experience of the thinking here has to do with the underlying metaphor. As Lakoff & Johnson explain in their book Metaphors We Live By, "The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another."