Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt. - Claude Lévi-Strauss

I may be subjected to the criticism of being called ‘scientistic’ or a kind of blind believer in science who holds that science is able to solve absolutely all problems. Well, I certainly don’t believe that, because I cannot conceive that a day will come when science will be complete and achieved.

We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are "good to eat" but because they are "good to think." [Les espèces sont choisies non commes bonnes à manger, mais comme bonnes à penser.]

Cea mai primitivă cultură este întotdeauna o cultură adultă şi, prin însuşi acest lucru, incompatibilă cu manifestările infantile care pot fi observate în cea mai înaltă civilizaţie.