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Category Archive: Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel Quote: “The deepest problems of modern life…”

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

November 8, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “For this reason, strangers are not…”

For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness.

November 6, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Cities are, first of all, seats…”

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

September 28, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “In order to accommodate to change…”

In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.

September 10, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Man’s nature, originally good and common…”

Man’s nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.

August 9, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Secrecy sets barriers between men, but…”

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

June 10, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Thus, the technique of metropolitan life…”

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.

May 18, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “The earliest phase of social formations…”

The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles.

May 8, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “Modern culture is constantly growing more…”

Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of impersonal energies, and absorb less and less the subjective entirety of the individual.

May 4, 2019 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists

Georg Simmel Quote: “For the metropolis presents the peculiar…”

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men.

November 27, 2018 1858, Georg Simmel, German, March 1, Quotes by Sociologists
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