Continuity Quote by Edmund Leach

“Truth is a totality, the sum of many overlapping partial images. History, on the other hand, sacrifices totality in the interest of continuity.” quote by Edmund Leach — Download Open image

“Truth is a totality, the sum of many overlapping partial images. History, on the other hand, sacrifices totality in the interest of continuity.”

Edmund Leach

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