“The Age of Writing has passed. We must invent a new metaphor, restructure our thoughts and feelings.”

Source: 1960s, Counterblast (1969), p. 14

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Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

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[O] : Introduction, 0.2
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (1984)
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