Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/04975_Field_OMDK T74.txt

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moralistic, he was very aware of the moral re-
armament movement in England, and he would
defend moral positions in economic issues and
political issues. I think he came to intellectual
matters from that route—trying to figure out not
only what was true, but what was right to do. He
would engage in philosophical debates on issues of
that nature. When he went to England, he began to
research the history of thought. He wanted to
know how thinking was done, and he was very
interested in the impact of the alphabet and
literacy on the trivium. I think he was always
interested in the medium being the message but he
didn’t know this until much later. His thesis was on