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The Classical Trivium

Marshall McLuhan · 2005

Fiction & Literature Politics & Society

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2people

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rgrieselhuberDec 2021
McLuhan's dissertation, "The Classical Trivium," is well worth the read:
https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Trivium-Place-Thomas-Learni...
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kurosawaDec 2018
His faith background plays out more explicitly in his doctoral thesis; several ideas therein were precursors to his later-popularized notions:
https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Trivium-Place-Thomas-Learni...
Short review summarizing the work: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Phil_Rose/publication/3...
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