For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible.


Noise: The Political Economy of Music (ed. Manchester University Press, 1985) - ISBN: 9780719014710

Jacques Attali Quotes

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding....

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding....

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding....

For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding....