Quotes by Durkheim, Emile

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness witho >>

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes i >>

From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing whe >>

Quotations about State

The essence of the modern state is that the universal be bound up with >>

The State has but one face for me: that of the police. To my eyes, all >>

The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals >>

While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.

Durkheim, Emile