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

Quote by Georg Simmel

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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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...