The observer cannot stand outside the systems he observes. - Louis Dumont

"The observer cannot stand outside the systems he observes."

Louis Dumont Science

Anthropologist French 1911–1998

More from Louis Dumont

"Man is not an isolated being; he is a being in society."

"The individual is the measure of all things in modern ideology."

"Hierarchy is not evil; it is a natural form of human organization."

"We must understand that equality and hierarchy are not opposites but complementary."

"Science helps us understand the world."

"I've witnessed the birth of science, and it continues to amaze me."

"I'm something of a scientist myself."

"The fusion process is self-sustaining now!"