The world began without the human race and it will end without it.... Man has never—save only when he reproduces himself—done other than cheerfully dismantle million upon million of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated.


Tristes Tropiques (1955). Conclusion

Claude Lévi-Strauss Quotes

The world began without the human race and it will end without it.... Man has never—save only when he reproduces himself—done other than...

The world began without the human race and it will end without it.... Man has never—save only when he reproduces himself—done other than...

The world began without the human race and it will end without it.... Man has never—save only when he reproduces himself—done other than...

The world began without the human race and it will end without it.... Man has never—save only when he reproduces himself—done other than...