Blindness: a cultural history
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The Myth of Blindness
There are a lot of interesting stories and myths about blindness that begin to emerge, aren't there? So again, you have to be careful because it's fictional. But some of the greatest myths, so Tarysius is one of the most famous ones. And he has in us, you know, sagacity. He can warn you. We know that there are blind women who are prophets who also could see allegedly into the future. They're very, they're put up on the shelf of or the mountain rather, of great knowledge. Then finally, and this is the one I think that has stayed with us is the sort of talent. You've got to be good at music
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