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The primary function for writing as a means of communication is to facilitate the enslavement of other human beings

Claude Lévi-Strauss

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Claude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908 - 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.

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Alternative Names: Klod Levi-Stros • Claude Levi-Strauss • Claude Gustave Levi-Strauss • Lévi-Strauss, Claude • קלוד לוי-שטראוס

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"(...) Ama diğer yandan, "herkes kendi alışık olmadığı şeye barbarlık der". Oysa ne kadar acayip, sarsıcı, hatta başkaldırtıcı görünürse görünsün, bağlamına yerleştirilirse, iyi yönlendirilen bir aklın açıklayamayacağı inanç ya da örf ve âdet yoktur."

These facts make the creator of music a being like the gods, and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge.

The first thing we see as we travel round the world is our own filth, thrown into the face of mankind.

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