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Mr. Tom Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound...

Hi

Could you please explain this sentence to me? I understand that silence and sound are opposite of each other but not darkness and space...

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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, the interval This is a Marshall McLuhan quote. In my opinion, this has little substantial meaning when you examine it closely.

— Fivejedjon

  • , the interval This is a Marshall McLuhan quote.
  • In my opinion, this has little substantial meaning when you examine it closely.
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Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval

This is a Marshall McLuhan quote. In my opinion, this has little substantial meaning when you examine it closely.
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Thanks!

Isn't strange that this famous quote which also appeared in the "quotable quotes" feature of the Reader's Digest has NO meaning at all?

Tom
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Mr. TomIsn't it strange that this famous quote which also appeared in the "quotable quotes" feature of the Reader's Digest has NO meaning at all?Tom
Not particularly. Look carefully at the writings of many politicians, priests, sociologists, and at self-improvement guides, company mission statements, etc. We live in a world of profound-sounding banaliti
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I take it to mean the stars are as a symphony. The key being the interval. Silence are the rests in music and darkness is the rest in a sky full of stars.

-Phil
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