Indeed, it is only when a traditionally oral culture becomes literate that the land seems to fall silent.
David Abram
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Magic and the Machine; Exact wording and attribution checked. Abram’s philosophical interpretation of literacy and relationship to place, not a universal empirical law.
- Magic and the Machine
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