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 is a synthesis of society and nature.
In love, the self is lost and found.
The city accelerates the tempo of life.
Truth is a social relation.
The fragment is the symbol of modernity.
Economics is the psychology of value.
The boundary is the form of social life.
Humor arises from the contradiction between the soul and the world.
The objective spirit is the web of culture.
In the crowd, individuality is protected by indifference.
The gift creates obligation.
Life is the process of becoming.
The woman is the bridge between nature and culture.
Science is the art of the possible.
The eternal is hidden in the ephemeral.
Social forms are the crystals of interaction.
The metropolis is the form of the soul.
Value is the distance between desire and possession.
The self is a social product.
In death, life achieves its form.