Abstract:Abstract Today, people think of creativity, intellect, and imagination as our highest intellectual achievements. Individuals who “simply memorize” things rarely receive our highest accolades, and some...Abstract Today, people think of creativity, intellect, and imagination as our highest intellectual achievements. Individuals who “simply memorize” things rarely receive our highest accolades, and some may even be scorned. Yet rote memory was revered in the ancient world. Poets, scholars, and theologians who could memorize long passages were honored, admired, and held in highest awe by their peers and the populace in general.Read More
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-06
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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