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"In the ancient times, when writing was scarcely used, memory and oral transmission was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown" [1] 1. https
by shakil 9y ago
"In the ancient times, when writing was scarcely used, memory and oral transmission was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown" [1]
1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8fYNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22The+oral+tradition+of+classical+Arabic+poetry%22+%22exercised+and+strengthened%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22exercised+and+strengthened%22 https://books.google.com/books?id=8fYNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22The+ora...
- knodi123 9y ago?!? Yes, that was the original claim. I challenged how we would prove such a thing, and so you quote a different random person making the same claim? That doesn't answer my question.