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“I suggest that a culture adopting an alphabet would denigrate right hemispheric values because the alphabet is a left hemispheric mode of reception. And this right hemispheric denigration would manifest in two principal ways: Women's rights would be taken away, and images would be declared abominations.”

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Leonard Shlain
Leonard Shlain

Leonard Shlain was an American surgeon, writer, and thinker whose research interests spanned across science, art, and philosophy. His unique perspective and interdisciplinary approach have had a broad impact in the academic community. more

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