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Claude Levi-Strauss Quotes: I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
         

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.


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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.
         



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