“The order and harmony of the Western world, its most famous achievement, and a laboratory in which structures of a complexity as yet unknown are being fashioned, demand the elimination of a prodigious mass of noxious by-products which now contaminate the globe. The first thing we see as we travel round the world is our own filth, thrown into the face of mankind.” WorldFirstsFacesOrderMankindProductsDemandAchievementMassHarmonyStructureWesternRoundsComplexityThrownGlobesLaboratoryEliminationWestern WorldFilthProdigious Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“Our students wanted to know everything: but only the newest theory seemed to them worth bothering with. Knowing nothing of the intellectual achievements of the past, they kept fresh and intact their enthusiasm for 'the latest thing'. Fashion dominated their interest: they valued ideas not for themselves but for the prestige that they could wring from them.” KnowsIdeasWantedPastInterestKnowingFashionStudentsTheoryAchievementIntellectualEnthusiasmBotherPrestigeKnowing Nothing Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
“Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.” HumansStillsIdeasPastRaceProgressFailingDangerAchievementRichesHuman RaceAccomplishedImmenseEnthusiasticPartisansDevalue Author:Claude Levi-Strauss
