All language or expression is metaphorical because metaphor is t… — “Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 127 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 312, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 138, and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

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All language or expression is metaphorical because metaphor is the seeing of one situation through another one. Right on the beam. I'll take a rain check on that.

“Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 127 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 312, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 138, and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

Quote #264

Year: 1953

Chapter: Analogy