Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that decides that a Jew will keep his hat and shoes on in his place of worship, a Mohammedan will take off his shoes, and a Christian will keep his shoes on but remove his hat.
In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would … - Peter Farb
In place of science, the Eskimo has only magic to bridge the gap between what he can understand and what is not known. Without magic, his life would …
- Peter Farb
Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong, and very … - Peter Farb
Native speakers of a language know intuitively whether a sentence is grammatical or not. They usually cannot specify exactly what is wrong, and very …
Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that decides tha… - Peter Farb
Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that decides tha…
The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly where he started, … - Peter Farb
The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly where he started, …
At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers, to r… - Peter Farb
At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence to superhuman powers, to r…
An invention or new combination can be successful only if all if the elements necessary for the recombination are present in the culture. - Peter Farb
An invention or new combination can be successful only if all if the elements necessary for the recombination are present in the culture.
No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from scratc… - Peter Farb
No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from scratc…
The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities. - Peter Farb
The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.
People who speak the same language can hate one another as easily as can people who speak unrelated languages. - Peter Farb
People who speak the same language can hate one another as easily as can people who speak unrelated languages.
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