If the idea of society were extinguished in individual minds and the beliefs, traditions and aspirations of the group were no longer felt and shared by individuals, society would die. We can say of it what we just said of divinity: it is real only in so far as it has a place in the human consciousness, and this place is whatever we may give it.
David Emile Durkheim Quotes
It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.
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| Birth: | 15th April, 1858 |
| Death: | 15th November, 1917 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Sociologist |
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David Emile Durkheim was born in Épinal, Lorraine, France. He was a French sociologist and philosopher. He formally established the academic discipline and — with Karl Marx and Max Weber — is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology. His first major sociological work was The Division of Labour in Society. In 1895, he published The Rules of Sociological Method and set up the first European department of sociology, becoming France's first professor of sociology.
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