Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.

Quote by Georg Simmel

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The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never...

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never...

Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of...

Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of...

For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a...

For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a...

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams...

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams...

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of...

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of...

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities...

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities...

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve...

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve...

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

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

In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does...

In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does...

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to...

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to...

The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social...

The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social...

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous...

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous...

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesnt know.

A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesnt know.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of...

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of...

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all...

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all...

The intellectually sophisticated person is indifferent to all genuine individuality, because relationships and reactions result...

The intellectually sophisticated person is indifferent to all genuine individuality, because relationships and reactions result...

For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and...

For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and...

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.