Emile Durkheim Quotes on Mind
Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist and philosopher and one of the founders of the modern discipline of sociology. This page collects quotes attributed to Emile Durkheim on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Emile Durkheim:
“Religion is the system of symbols by means of which society becomes conscious of itself.”
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Attributed to Emile Durkheim:
“Anomie is a state of normlessness, in which the individual is left without a moral compass.”
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“Everybody knows that we like those who resemble us, those who think and feel as we do. But the opposite is no less true. It very often happens that we feel kindly towards those who do not resemble us, precisely because of this lack of resemblance.”
The Division of Labor in Society(1893) | p. 54 -
“A passion for the infinite is daily presented as a sign of moral distinction, when in fact it can only occur in disturbed minds which accord the status of a norm to the very disturbance from which they are suffering.”
Suicide: A Study in Sociology(1897)