▁and ▁pro cur ing ▁all ▁the ▁necessary ▁materials ▁and ▁tools ▁to ▁suit ▁his ▁project . ▁The ▁Br ico leur ▁approxim ates ▁" the ▁sav age ▁mind " ▁and ▁the ▁Engine er ▁approxim ates ▁the ▁scientific ▁mind . ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁universe ▁of ▁the ▁Br ico leur ▁is ▁closed , ▁and ▁he ▁often ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁make ▁do ▁with ▁whatever ▁is ▁at ▁hand , ▁whereas ▁the ▁universe ▁of ▁the ▁Engine er ▁is ▁open ▁in ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁create ▁new ▁tools ▁and ▁materials . ▁But ▁both ▁live ▁within ▁a ▁restrict ive ▁reality , ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁Engine er ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁consider ▁the ▁pre ex isting ▁set ▁of ▁theoretical ▁and ▁practical ▁knowledge , ▁of ▁technical ▁means , ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁Br ico leur . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ' s ▁theory ▁on ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁Tr ick ster ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁points ▁by ▁anth rop olog ists . ▁Stanley ▁Diam ond ▁notes ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁sec ular ▁civil ized ▁often ▁consider ▁the ▁concepts ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁death ▁to ▁be ▁polar , ▁primitive ▁cult ures ▁often ▁see ▁them ▁" as ▁aspects ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁condition , ▁the ▁condition ▁of ▁existence ." ▁Diam ond ▁remarks ▁that ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁did ▁not ▁reach ▁such ▁a ▁conclusion ▁by ▁induct ive ▁reasoning , ▁but ▁simply ▁by ▁working ▁backwards ▁from ▁the ▁evidence ▁to ▁the ▁" a ▁pri ori ▁medi ated ▁concepts " ▁of ▁" life