Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes on Culture
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Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory; it makes these views look like errors. (p. 119)
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His explanations of primitive practices are much cruder than the meaning of these practices themselves. (p. 131)
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If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
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It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.
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It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed Wisdom. And then I know exactly what is going to follow: Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.