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Claude Levi-Strauss Quotes |
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Type: Scientist Quotes Category: French Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: November 28, 1908 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Claude Levi-Strauss Related Authors: Jean Rostand Alexis de Tocqueville Henri Bergson Luc Montagnier Alexis Carrel Louis Pasteur Antoine Lavoisier |
I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
Claude Levi-Strauss Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe. Claude Levi-Strauss Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing. Claude Levi-Strauss Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. Claude Levi-Strauss The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. Claude Levi-Strauss The world began without man, and it will end without him. Claude Levi-Strauss |
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