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Two Cultures: A Second Look (I)

“Na nossa sociedade (isto é, na sociedade avançada do ocidente) perdemos a mais ínfima pretensão a uma cultura comum. Pessoas educadas com a mais elevada intensidade sabe-se que deixaram de saber comunicar umas com as outras no plano das suas maiores preocupações intelectuais. Isto é grave para a nossa vida criativa e intelectual e ainda mais grave para a nossa vida normal.”

Charles P. Snow, Two Cultures: A Second Look, 1963


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