Gregory Bateson Quote

The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people.


Steps to an Ecology of Mind (ed. University of Chicago Press, 1972) - ISBN: 9780226039053


The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already...

The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already...

The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already...

The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already...