The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

Quote by Georg Simmel

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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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific...

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...