Émile Durkheim

The State is the very organ of social thought.

Individualism is a product of social development.

Science must be objective to be sociological.

The conscience collective evolves with society.

Punishment reinforces social solidarity.

Social currents are like rivers that carry individuals along.

The division of labor produces a moral effect.

To explain a social fact, seek another social fact.

The individual finds his true self in society.

Rituals bind the group through effervescence.

Morality is a system of rules of action.

The soul is born of society.

Sociology is the science of institutions.

The pathological is the normal pushed to extremes.

Collective representations are realities.

The function of education is social continuity.

Society has a need to affirm itself periodically.

The repressed forces of society erupt in crises.

True individualism is the glorification of the individual precisely because of the bond that unites him to society.

In the midst of social transformations, the individual feels lost.