"The human body is always treated as an image of society."

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Source : Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas (2004). “Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology”, p.78, Routledge

Mary Douglas

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“There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.”
“A lot of Republican candidate will tell you they'll protect innocent human life and they'll hunt down ISIS and get rid of Common Core, but we're actually doing things in our state. We need a doer, not a talker.”
“The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.”
“A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.”
“Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.”
“There is no substitute for attentive repetition.”
“I dont know if there is a personal identity. We all imagine that we are absolute individuals. But when we begin to look for where this individuality resides, its very difficult to find.”
“I love wandering. It's liberating to throw away the map and explore uncharted galleries. You'll nearly always stumble into something immensely interesting that way.”

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