A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Nothing has its meaning alone. Every figure must have its ground or environment. A single word, divorced from its linguistic ground, would be useless. A note in isolation is not music. Consciousness s corporate action involving all the senses (Latin sensus communis or “common sense” is the translation of all the senses into each other).
Take Today with Barrington Nevitt (1972), p 3
Year: 1972
↪ Also at #1219, #1490, #4676
Compiled by William Kuhns
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