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Joseph Campbell
(26 Mar 1904 - 30 Oct 1987)
American academic, author and lecturer , who as a professor of literature wrote extensively on comparative mythology. He examined the commonalities of myths prevalent in various human cultures, and studied mythic figures from a wide range of origins. George Lucas has said that the Star Wars series was based on ideas from especially Campbell’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces and some of his other works.
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Science Quotes by Joseph Campbell (2 quotes)
Chief Seattle, of the Indians that inhabited the Seattle area, wrote a wonderful paper that has to do with putting oneself in tune with the universe. He said, “Why should I lament the disappearance of my people! All things end, and the white man will find this out also.” And this goes for the universe. One can be at peace with that. This doesn’t mean that one shouldn’t participate in efforts to correct the situation. But underlying the effort to change must be an “at peace.” To win a dog sled race is great. To lose is okay too.
— Joseph Campbell
In Diane K. Osbon (ed.), A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (1991, 1995), 98-99.
I don’t think it is proper at all to take the position that C. P. Snow has: namely, that the science—the knowledge, the mathematical side of life—runs in an opposite direction to the life of spontaneous humanistic action. They supplement each other. In literature, for instance, writing sonnets: it takes a lot of practice to make that kind of structure become something that just pours out, but when it does pour out, it is possible to say things that cannot be said without the sonnet form. Form and expression are very close together.
— Joseph Campbell
In Diane K. Osbon (ed.), A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (1991, 1995), 261.
See also:
- A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living, by Joseph Campbell, and Diane Osbon (ed.). - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Joseph Campbell.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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