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Levi-Strauss

1908 - 2009 (101)

Levi-Strauss
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Quote 1

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

Quote 2

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

Quote 3

The first thing we see as we travel round the world is our own filth, thrown into the face of mankind.

Quote 4

Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt.

Quote 5

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.

Quote 6

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.