James G. Frazer Quote Explained: The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

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The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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I am a plain practical man, not one of your theorists and splitters of hairs and choppers of logic.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Hair
Logic

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Yet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Suffering

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The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Sin

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages

I am a plain practical man, not one of your theorists and splitters of hairs and choppers of logic.

Yet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.

In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man.

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

I will work to bring peace to everyone – whatever economic level – as long as you are Haitian.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I’m a messenger.

To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication.

We don’t need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.

I’ve always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.

I think there is a level of altruism that wants to help fellow human beings.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

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