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We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what ...

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Art is an adventure. When it ceases to be an adventure, it ceases to be art. Not all of us pursue th...

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There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does ...

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The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

Human war has been the most successful of all our cultural traditions.

But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so w...

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What we call patriotism, in other words, is a calculable force which, released by a predictable situ...

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The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

The city is a cultural invention enforcing on the citizen knowledge of his own nature. And this we d...

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Robert Ardrey

Playwright

Born: 1908-10-16

Died: 1980-01-14

Robert Ardrey (b. 16 October 1908 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 14 January 1980 in Kalk Bay, South Africa) was a writer, anthropologist, playwright and screenwriter.More