CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Alliteration
21 Nov 2017
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Colour hundreds, sumer none, egypt black and red. Believes writing is the greatest invention ever. It made the growth of states larger than the old city states possible. The command of the priest or king and his seal could go far beyond his sight and voice and could survive his death . Written word last forever and spoken last as long as it sits in the air. You can immerse yourself in hearing, in sound. There is no way to immerse yourself similarly in sight . Or does the universe, and does time, stretch out in front of me into infinity. Sound as centering (in one place, vs vision is seeing fa and wide) Writing cause loss of memory, because you rely on the writing. Without asking questions how can you learn, you can"t ask a book a question. Socrates wants to argue to identify the truth not have its sit there forever in writing.
