We study primitive peoples to understand what we have lost, ... - Pierre Clastres

This quote is attributed to Pierre Clastres.

"We study primitive peoples to understand what we have lost, not what we have gained."

Pierre Clastres Education

Anthropologist French 1934–1977

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"Society against the state"

"Power is the capacity to make others obey"

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"Education opens doors."

"Education opens doors to endless possibilities."

"I ain't got the education you got, bub."

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