He says preliterate people were more intuitive, imaginative, and empathic than modern literate people, able to perceive emotions without asking.
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He says preliterate people were more intuitive, imaginative, and empathic than modern literate people, able to perceive emotions without asking.
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"...Okay? But the first concept I want you to understand is preliterate people, people who could not read and write, they were more intuitive,..."
"...their beliefs are because they wrote nothing down, okay? They are preliterate. Okay. We can't go back in time and talk to them, okay?..."
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