Gregory Bateson

Quotes

• “If it were possible adequately to present the whole of a culture, stressing every aspect exactly as appears in the culture itself, no single detail would appear bizarre or strange or arbitrary to the reader, but rather the details would all appear natural and reasonable as they do to the natives who have lived all their lives within the culture.”

• “We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.”

• “The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named (see also, Alfred Korzybski).”

• “Rather, for all objects and experiences there is a quantity that has an optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived.”

• “The world partly becomes — comes to be — how it is imagined.”

Books by Gregory Bateson in order

Books by Gregory Bateson in the order they were published, from Naven (1936) to Gregory Bateson (2005).

1. 1NavenNaven1936
2. 2Balinese Character, a Photographic AnalysisBalinese Character, a Photographic Analysis1962
3. 3Steps to an Ecology of MindSteps to an Ecology of Mind1972
4. 4Mind and NatureMind and Nature1979
5. 5Men Are GrassMen Are Grass1980
6. 6Rigor & ImaginationRigor & Imagination1981
7. 7Mind and Nature NecessaryMind and Nature Necessary1982
8. 8Steps to an Ecology of the MindSteps to an Ecology of the Mind1985
9. 9Angels FearAngels Fear1988
10. 10La Peur Des AngesLa Peur Des Anges1989
11. 11A Sacred UnityA Sacred Unity1991
12. 12Ökologie des GeistesÖkologie des Geistes2001
13. 13Gregory BatesonGregory Bateson2005
14. 14Arts of the South SeasArts of the South Seas