マーシャル･サーリンズが死の4年前に発表した未邦訳論考の末尾。巨人の集中講義を本郷の小さな教室で受講したのは、1980年代なかばだった 2021年4月5日没（享年90歳）
For myself, I am a Hocartesian. A final note in this personal vein. Written by one of a certain age, this pretentious article has the air of a swan song. Similarly, for its concern with disappearing or disappeared cultural forms, it is something of the Owl of Minerva taking wing at dusk. Still, it does manage to kill those two birds with one stone.