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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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Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.
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Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.
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Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to…
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Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us…
— Paracelsus
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Although our moral conscience is a part of our consciousness, we do not feel ourselves on an equality with it. In this…
— Emile Durkheim
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The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns…
— Sathya Sai Baba
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The Bible warns us clearly that we must not attack men of God no matter how sinful they may have become or…
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