Georg Simmel

Sociology German 1858 – 1918 101 quotes

Pioneered the study of social forms and interactions, exploring the dynamics of modernity, money, and urban life.

Quotes by Georg Simmel

The individual is a synthesis of society and nature.

The View of Life 1917

In love, the self is lost and found.

The Philosophy of Love 1923

The city accelerates the tempo of life.

The Metropolis and Mental Life 1903

Truth is a social relation.

Sociology 1908

The fragment is the symbol of modernity.

The View of Life 1917

Economics is the psychology of value.

The Philosophy of Money 1900

The boundary is the form of social life.

Sociology 1908

Humor arises from the contradiction between the soul and the world.

The Philosophy of Humor 1917

The objective spirit is the web of culture.

The Philosophy of Money 1903

In the crowd, individuality is protected by indifference.

The Metropolis and Mental Life 1903

The gift creates obligation.

Sociology 1908

Life is the process of becoming.

The View of Life 1917

The woman is the bridge between nature and culture.

On Women 1923

Science is the art of the possible.

The Philosophy of Science 1892

The eternal is hidden in the ephemeral.

The View of Life 1917

Social forms are the crystals of interaction.

Sociology 1908

The metropolis is the form of the soul.

The Metropolis and Mental Life 1903

Value is the distance between desire and possession.

The Philosophy of Money 1900

The self is a social product.

Sociology 1908

In death, life achieves its form.

The View of Life 1917