An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour … - Emile Durkheim

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I might've set out to write a particular song about a particular girl, but my experience will run out after four lines, so instead of getting obsessed with the girl, I write about the clothes I'm wearing.

Emile Durkheim

An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature.

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Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics. . . The group thinks, feels, and acts quite differently from the way in which its members would were they isolated. If, then, we begin with the individual, we shall be able to understand nothing of what takes place in the group.

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Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

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We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.

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Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

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When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

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