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The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of impersonal energies, and absorb less and less the subjective entirety of the individual. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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The intellectually sophisticated person is indifferent to all genuine individuality, because relationships and reactions result from it which cannot be exhausted with logical operations. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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