A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

…the wisdom of the Narcissus myth does not convey any idea that Narcissus fell in love with anything he regarded as himself. Obviously he would have had very different feelings about the image had he known it was an extension or repetition of himself.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, pp 42-43
Year: 1964
Compiled by William Kuhns
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