Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.

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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...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.

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

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...

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 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...

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...