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Explore more quotes by Claude Levi-Strauss
"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions."
"Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing."
"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."
"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."
"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."
Exlpore more Absurdity quotes
"Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it."
"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity."
"It's okay to be absurd, ridiculous, and downright irrational at times; silliness is sweet syrup that helps us swallow the bitter pills of life."
"We must content ourselves with the mystery, the absurdity, the contradictions, the hostility, but also the generosity that our environment offers us. It's not much, but it's always better than the deadly, defeatist certainty of the paranoid."
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