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12.30.15

its in my chart 4:

The Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul



This video is about Eric McLuhan's "Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul", overlayed by Bob Dobbs-Neveritt.rnBefore there was a division of the senses as one was made predominant by the different medias we developped, and the idea of the body- soul division, the physical body perceiving the outer Kingdom, and the soul perceiving "God". John Amos Comenius, first "pedagogue" and writer of the first educational book for chldren "Orbis Pictus", published in Nurnberg in 1658, believed in a "Sensus Communis" equivalent to our definition of synesthesia, when books were not yet an environment as Marshall McLuhan explains in he Gutenberg Galaxy.rnCh. XLIIrnThe outward andrninward Senses.rnThere are fivernoutward Senses;rnThe Eye 1.rnseeth colours,rnwhat is white or black,rngreen or blewrnred or yellow.rnThe Ear 2.rnheareth Sounds,rnboth natural,rnvoices and Words,rnand artificial, musical Tunes.rnThe Nose 3.rnsenteth smellsrnand stinks.rnThe Tongue 4.rnwith the roof of the mouthrntasteth savours, what isrnsweet or bitter, keen or biting,rnsour or harsh.rnThe Hand 5.rnby touching discernethrnthe quantityrnand quality of things,rnthe hot and cold,rnthe moist and dry,rnthe hard and soft,rnthe smooth and rough,rnthe heavy and light.rnThe inward Sensesrnare three.rnThe Common-sense 7.rnunder the forepart of the head,rnapprehendethrnthings taken from thernoutward SensesrnThe Phantasie 6.rnunder the crown of the headrnjudgeth of those things,rnThinketh and dreameth.rnThe Memory 8.rnUnder the hinder part of the headrnLayeth up every thingrnAnd fetcheth them outrnIt loseth some, and this is forgetfulness.rnSleeprnis the Rest of the Senses


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