A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

One of the etymologies of "matching" is "making" (mac-ian). This polarity is inherent in consciousness as such. Certainly in the cliché-to-archetype process, if cognition is matching our sensory experience with the outer world, re-cognition is a repeat of that process.
From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson (1970), p 148
Year: 1970
Compiled by William Kuhns
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