Writing was born 6,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
They were first small drawings before becoming signs linked to the sounds that we were trying to reproduce.
Thus, we passed from the hieroglyph to the letter.
With the beginnings of writing, civilizations left prehistory to enter history.
As Plato points out, writing announces the entry into the era of memory, a memory that goes beyond mere human memory.
If writing is first used in everyday life, it quickly becomes a way not only to enter into history but also and above all to tell stories!
It is a veritable means of artistic expression that unfolds over the centuries, supported by some technical and sociological advances such as printing or the increase in the literacy rate.
This inexhaustible subject of philosophical and linguistic reflection that is writing has fascinated more than one author, as shown in Laurence Biava's book
The taste of writing
.
The editorial team has therefore selected for you tasty quotes on the art of writing.
Can you find them?