Ludwig Wittgenstein Quote

Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a twentieth-century Englishman. His explanations of primitive practices are much cruder than the meaning of these practices themselves.


Ch. 7 : Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 131 - Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993)


Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a...

Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a...

Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a...

Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not as far removed from the understanding of spiritual matter as a...