"The disease of mutual distrust among nations is……" — Franz Boas
"The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization"
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22 Quotes by Franz Boas
Franz Boas has 22 quotes on this site.
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If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be…
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
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The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races…
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No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of…
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Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses…
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There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race…
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It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language,…
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Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through…
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It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the…
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My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his…
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I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work…
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My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma
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Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.
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