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The genius of culture is to create an ontological system so compelling that what is inside and outside of a person are viewed as of a piece, no seams and patches noticeable.
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The knowable world is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Richard Shweder
Born:
February 17, 1945
(age 79)
Bio:
Richard Allan Shweder is an American cultural anthropologist and a figure in cultural psychology. He is currently Harold H.
Known for:
Thinking through cultures (1991)
Why Do Men Barbecue? (2003)
Welcome to Middle Age! (1998)
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