“The savage intellectual doctrine of souls is not a mere chaotic heap of miscellaneous fancies.”

— Edward Burnett Tylor

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About Edward Burnett Tylor

Anthropologist • British

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor was a pioneering English anthropologist, often regarded as a founder of cultural anthropology. He is best known for his influential definition of culture as "that complex whole which includes...

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