"I object to teaching of slogans intended to……" — Franz Boas
"I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be"
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22 Quotes by Franz Boas
Franz Boas has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be…
- Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
- The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races…
- No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of…
- Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses…
- There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race…
- It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language,…
- Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through…
- It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the…
- My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his…
- I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work…
- My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma
More Befog Quotes
This quote is filed under Befog Quotes, one of 5 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
- The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They… — Leo Tolstoy
- Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up… — Charles Spurgeon