Benedict, 29 years younger than Boas, was the deepest thinker of the group; her book Patterns of Culture (1934 ... ideas and making passionate love to Ruth Benedict, her teacher, who was also ...

IN her recent book, "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", Dr. Benedict deals with the Japanese along lines similar to, if not as clearly defined as, those in her earlier "Patterns of Culture".

He states as his methodological ideal a synthesis of Malinowski's approach in “The Argonauts”with that of Ruth Benedict in “Patterns of Culture”, but his adherence to their methods is by ...