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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again,…
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to…
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Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according…
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Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its…
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The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things.
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Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved,…
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Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs…
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Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by…
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Even one well-made observation will be enough in many cases, just as one well-constructed experiment often suffices for the establishment of a…
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.
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For a long time it has been known that the first systems of representations with which men have pictured to themselves the…
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Science cannot describe individuals, but only types. If human societies cannot be classified, they must remain inaccessible to scientific description.
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Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by…
— Emile Durkheim
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It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his…
— Samuel Johnson
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The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he…
— Ayn Rand
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes…
— Gautama Buddha
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If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
— Confucius
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What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The…
— John Cowper Powys
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What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the…
— Fernando Pessoa
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