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# Weston La Barre

(1911–1996)   Anthropologist

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Weston La Barre was an anthropologist, best known for *The human animal*.

## Quick Facts About Weston La Barre

Born December 13, 1911

Died March 13, 1996

Profession Anthropologist

Notable works The human animal

## About Weston La Barre

Raoul Weston La Barre (1911–1996) was an American anthropologist, best known for his work in ethnobotany, particularly with regard to Native-American religion, and for his application of psychiatric and psychoanalytic theories to ethnography.

##  Quotes by Weston La Barre

> [We feed upon each other's mouths and minds like ants with social stomachs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weston-la-barre/we-feed-upon-each-other-s-mouths-and-minds-like-ants-with-social/)

[Weston La Barre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weston-la-barre/)

[Ants](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ants/)

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> [Without language, it is safe to say that man would not have become fully human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weston-la-barre/without-language-it-is-safe-to-say-that-man-would-not-have-become/)

[Weston La Barre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weston-la-barre/)

[Human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/weston-la-barre-71176_humans_without-language-it-is-safe-to-say-that_2085280.jpg)

> [Imprisonment in the contemporary is the worst of all intellectual tyrannies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weston-la-barre/imprisonment-in-the-contemporary-is-the-worst-of-all-intellectual/)

[Weston La Barre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weston-la-barre/)

[Contemporary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contemporary/)

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> [The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weston-la-barre/the-careful-scholarship-of-the-dedicated-amateur-mycophile-r-gordon/)

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[Archeology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archeology/)

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