Quote#Wisdom
Frazer is much more savage than most of his savages, for they are not…
Quote byLudwig Wittgenstein · 1889–1951
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993), Ch. 7: Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 131.
English (original)
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.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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