For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men.

Quote by Georg Simmel

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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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.

Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.

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...

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...

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...

The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers...

The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers...

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.

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...

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence...

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence...

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 metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

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

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...

Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind...

Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind...

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

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

On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations,...

On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations,...

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...