Mary Midgley Quote

Man is innately programmed in such a way that he needs a culture to complete him. Culture is not an alternative or replacement for instinct, but its outgrowth and supplement.


Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature, Chapter 12 (p. 274), Routledge. New York, New York, USA 2002


Man is innately programmed in such a way that he needs a culture to complete him. Culture is not an alternative or replacement for instinct, but its...

Man is innately programmed in such a way that he needs a culture to complete him. Culture is not an alternative or replacement for instinct, but its...

Man is innately programmed in such a way that he needs a culture to complete him. Culture is not an alternative or replacement for instinct, but its...

Man is innately programmed in such a way that he needs a culture to complete him. Culture is not an alternative or replacement for instinct, but its...