“It is essential to grasp the incontestable truth that a Marxist must take cognisance of real life, of the true facts of reality, and not cling to a theory of yesterday, which, like all theories, at best only outlines the main and the general, only comes near to embracing life in all its complexity.” RealFactsRealityTheoryEssentialsYesterdayReal LifeComplexityOutlinesMarxistTrue Fact Book:Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution Source: Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution
“Anthropology has reached that point of development where the careful investigation of facts shakes our firm belief in the far-reaching theories that have been built up. The complexity of each phenomenon dawns on our minds, and makes us desirous of proceeding more cautiously. Heretofore we have seen the features common to all human thought” MindHumansHas BeensFactsBeliefCommonTheoryDevelopmentBuiltCarefulFirmDawnFeaturesComplexityShakesReachingPhenomenonInvestigationAnthropologyProceedingHuman ThoughtFirm Beliefs Book:A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911 Source: A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911
“A belief in the purposeful complexity of Fate is always more comforting than random, straightforward facts. This may be why Mother preferred to believe in Atlantis and UFOs rather than in virtually everything else.” BelieveMayFactsMotherBeliefFateComplexityComfortingUfoStraightforwardAtlantis Author:Bradley Denton