The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies. (Marshall McLuhan)

The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies.

Marshall McLuhan

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