The intellectually sophisticated person is indifferent to all genuine individuality, because relationships — Georg Simmel
Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. — Georg Simmel
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation — Georg Simmel
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction. — Georg Simmel
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind — Georg Simmel
For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment — Georg Simmel
For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: — Georg Simmel
In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does — Georg Simmel
In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can — Georg Simmel
Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of — Georg Simmel
On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations — Georg Simmel
The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve — Georg Simmel
The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: — Georg Simmel
The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. — Georg Simmel
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing — Georg Simmel
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration — Georg Simmel