Philosophies from Descartes onward are diverse in the way in which a steam engine differs from a gas or diesel engine. And Bergson, who tried to end it all, is as mechanical as his enemy Descartes, although he preferred a kind of cosmic fuel for his system. Once grant the stripping and segmenting process for language and experience such as Shakespeare indicates in Lear, and there is no possible stay. The rollercoaster is off over the Cartesian, Lockeian, Kantian course with all the built-in panic and Angst that could be asked for.
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, (1962), p 246
Year: 1962
Chapter:
Philosophy
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan