Mead's anthropology had many other red, white and blue- blooded virtues. One was the common anthropological conceit, out of which she made… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
For Immanuel Kant, the term anthropology embraced all the human sciences, and laid the foundation of familiar knowledge we need, to build… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Margaret Mead was both a student of civilization and an exemplar of it. To a public of millions, she brought the central… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
What are the determinative factors in the early training of the child which assures that it will be placid and contented, unaggressive… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
You "have a date," you "go out with a date," you "groan because there isn't a decent date in town." A situation… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Women are scolded both for being mothers and for not being mothers, for wanting to eat their cake and have it too, and for… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Humanity . . . lies in man's capacity to question the known and imagine the unknown. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
