Quotes by Emile Durkheim

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

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

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"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."

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

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