Emile Durkheim Quotes

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

Emile Durkheim

There are two types of men: the great and the small.

Emile Durkheim

There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.

Emile Durkheim

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

Emile Durkheim