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“Of the five senses, hearing is the most pervasive and penetrating. I say this, although many, from Aristotle […] to Hans Jonas […], have said that sight is most noble. But sight is always directed at what is straight ahead…And sight cannot turn a corner, at least without the aid of a mirror. On the other hand, sound comes to one, surrounds one for the time being with an acoustic space, full of timber and nuances. It is more proximate and suggestive than sight. Sight is always the perception of the surface from a particularly angle. But sound is that perception able to penetrate beneath the surface. Speech is the communication connecting one person with another. Therefore, the quality of sound is fundamentally more vital and moving than that of sight.”. These are David Lowe’s words as quoted by Oyèrónkẹ́́ Oyĕwùmí in her book “The invention of women”.
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