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Marshall McLuhan discusses a wide range of philosophical topics

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The Delinquent Child

Dr. McLuhan: The delinquent child really often is a very more creative child than the goody-goody child because the classroom hasn't kept up with his work. He's trying to discover the world he lives in but any child, any infant in growing up is constantly crossing boundaries somewhat dangerously. So the artist then, the artist would be the symbol of it. And so the Bogards and the artists and the saints all refuse to play the ordinary suburban rules shall we say. It was the popularity of Bogard and obviously tremendous popularity where the younger general H. Sorda-Hip is that very reason that he was what a sort of outlaw at the saint had a

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