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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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A monomaniac is a sick person whose mentality is perfectly healthy in all respects but one; he has a single flaw, clearly…
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If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure…
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His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!
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And some day there will be nothing left of everything that has twisted my life and grieved it and filled me so…
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