The Mind of Primitive Man : a Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., And the National University of Mexico, 1910-1911
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I think it can be shown that the reason for this fact is not foimded on any funda- mental peculiarity of the mind of primitive man, but lies, rather, in the character of the traditional ideas by means of which each new perception is interpreted ; in other words, in the character of the traditional ideas with which each new perception associates itself. In our own commimity a mass of observations and of thoughts is transmitted to the child. These thoughts are the resiilt of careful ob- servation... and speculation of our present and of past gen- erations; but they are transmitted to most individuals as traditional matter, much the same as folk-lore. The child associates new perceptions with this whole mass of traditional material, and interprets his observations by its means. I believe it is a mistake to assume that the interpretation made by each civilized individual is a com- plete logical process. We associate a phenomenon with a nmnber of known facts, the interpretations of which are SOME TRAITS OF PRIMITIVE CULTURE 203 assumed as known, and we are satisfied with the reduction of a new fact to these previously known facts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I think it can be shown that the reason for this fact is not foimded on any funda- mental peculiarity of the mind of primitive man, but lies, rather, in the character of the traditional ideas by means of which each new perception is interpreted ; in other words, in the character of the traditional ideas with which each new perception associates itself. In our own commimity a mass of observations and of thoughts is transmitted to the child. These thoughts are the resiilt of careful ob- servation... and speculation of our present and of past gen- erations; but they are transmitted to most individuals as traditional matter, much the same as folk-lore. The child associates new perceptions with this whole mass of traditional material, and interprets his observations by its means. I believe it is a mistake to assume that the interpretation made by each civilized individual is a com- plete logical process. We associate a phenomenon with a nmnber of known facts, the interpretations of which are SOME TRAITS OF PRIMITIVE CULTURE 203 assumed as known, and we are satisfied with the reduction of a new fact to these previously known facts.
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