Quote by Edward Sapir
Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize

Cultural anthropology is more and more rapidly getting to realize itself as a strictly historical science. – Edward Sapir

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Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. – Edward Sapir

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The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science. – Edward Sapir

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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. – Edward Sapir

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The mortuarial remains of science are laid out for you in the text-books and the standard and approved journals. If you want live stuff, look in the village papers. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Weve heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students. – Patrick Stewart

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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. – John Desmond Bernal

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Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money. – Gary Larson

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I get a friend to travel with me… I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. Its hard to be alone. – Leonardo DiCaprio

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