Georg Simmel
Pioneered the study of social forms and interactions, exploring the dynamics of modernity, money, and urban life.
Quotes by Georg Simmel
The individual becomes a mere function of the whole.
Eroticism is a form of sociation that is both intimate and distant.
The secret creates a world within a world.
Adventure is the distance from everyday life.
The poor are not only those who lack money, but those who are excluded from the social circle.
Art is the objectification of a feeling.
In the money economy, everything becomes calculable.
The division of labor creates new forms of sociation.
The flirtation is a game of give and take without commitment.
History is the method by which we understand the present.
The intellectual is one who sees the universal in the particular.
Society exists only in the interaction of individuals.
The value of things arises from their distance from us.
Loneliness in the city is a form of freedom.
The handle of the door is the threshold between the inside and the outside.
Religion is the belief in an invisible society.
The conflict between the sexes is the source of social energy.
To be modern is to be restless.
The essay is the form of the modern spirit.
Money transforms the qualitative into the quantitative.