Georg Simmel quotes - page 3

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men. (Georg Simmel)
For this reason, strangers are not really conceived as individuals, but as strangers of a particular type: the element of distance is no less general in regard to them than the element of nearness. View quote
Georg Simmel
The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right. View quote
Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel

Occupation: German Sociologist
Born: March 1, 1858
Died: September 26, 1918
Quotes count: 53
Wikipedia: Georg Simmel

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