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Author - Émile Durkheim
Quotes by : Émile Durkheim
1897
Melancholy suicide. —This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness,....
goals in life
One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.....
law
When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.....
It is said that we do not make the guilty party suffer for the sake of suffering it is nonetheless true....
theory
Crime brings together honest men and concentrates them.
socialism
Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.
suicide
When there is no other aim but to outstrip constantly the point arrived at, how painful to be thrown....
anomie
Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which....
crime
We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.
suicide
Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself....
sociology
It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history,....
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