Walter J. Ong Quotes

• Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally even when it is composing its thoughts in oral form. More than any other single invention writing has transformed human consciousness.

  Walter J. Ong

  Writing, Science, Thinking

  Walter J. Ong (2013). “Orality and Literacy”, p.77, Routledge

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• Learners are doers, not recipients.

  Walter J. Ong

  Doers, Learners

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• Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.

  Walter J. Ong

  Closure, States, Found

  Walter J. Ong (2013). “Orality and Literacy”, p.129, Routledge

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• There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot.

  Walter J. Ong

  Writing, Way

  Walter J. Ong, Thomas J. Farrell, Paul A. Soukup (2002). “An Ong reader: challenges for further inquiry”, Hampton Pr

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• For the way in which the word is experienced is always momentous

  Walter J. Ong

  Way

  Walter J. Ong, John Hartley (2012). “Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word”, p.72, Routledge

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