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Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: I am the place in which something has occurred.

I am the place in which something has occurred.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

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

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: [Photography] remains servile to a thoughtless vision of the world ... As the term snapshot suggests, photography seizes the moment and exhibits it.

[Photography] remains servile to a thoughtless vision of the world ... As the term snapshot suggests, photography seizes the moment and exhibits it.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: I can't help thinking that science would be more appealing if it had no practical use.

I can't help thinking that science would be more appealing if it had no practical use.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: The wise man is not he who gives the right answers; he is the one who asks the right questions.

The wise man is not he who gives the right answers; he is the one who asks the right questions.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: These facts make the creator of music a being like the gods, and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge.

These facts make the creator of music a being like the gods, and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.

I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: With all its technical sophistication, the photographic camera remains a coarse device compared to the human hand and brain.

With all its technical sophistication, the photographic camera remains a coarse device compared to the human hand and brain.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: 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.

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

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

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: I hate travelling and explorers. Yet here I am proposing to tell the story of my expeditions.

I hate travelling and explorers. Yet here I am proposing to tell the story of my expeditions.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: All the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York.

All the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous.

Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

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

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: I hate travelling and explorers

I hate travelling and explorers

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.

Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Animals are good to think with.

Animals are good to think with.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Natural man did not precede society, nor is he outside it.

Natural man did not precede society, nor is he outside it.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Anthropology found its Galileo in Rivers, its Newton in Mauss.

Anthropology found its Galileo in Rivers, its Newton in Mauss.

Claude Levi-Strauss quotes: Nor must we forget that in science there are no final truths.

Nor must we forget that in science there are no final truths.