"The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is……" — Emile Durkheim
"The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is that knowledge is made up of two sorts of elements, which cannot be reduced into one another, and which are like two distinct layers superimposed one upon the other."
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Emile Durkheim
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64 Quotes by Emile Durkheim
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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint;…
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be…
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Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and…
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Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which…
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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…
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Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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