Margaret Mead on Philosophy
Browse 6 quotations attributed to Margaret Mead, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
This page displays 6 quotations attributed to Margaret Mead and filed under "Philosophy" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Margaret Mead, entry #150141: "I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings."
Attributed to Margaret Mead, entry #184545: "Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."
6 Quotes by Margaret Mead on Philosophy
"I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings."
"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."
"The differences between the two sexes is one of the important conditions upon which we have built the many varieties of human culture that give human beings dignity and stature."
"Learned behaviors have replaced the biologically given ones."
"When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed. Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible."
"A society which is clamouring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable to bear the conditions of choice."