Comment on Do you think that there may be random internet posts from today that in the future may be seen on the same level as Plato or other great philosophers?

• FelipeFelop@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item101093.html#:~:te….

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  • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i can’t see how this supports your claim that literacy wasn’t uncommon 🤷

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    • FelipeFelop@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not what you asked for. I gave an illustration of the Bible being needed in English (which most people read) rather than Latin. So I gave you a source.

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      • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        so, now, do you have any sources for your claim about literacy not being uncommon?

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