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 exhaustgenuineindifferent Change image and share on social
Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. Georg Simmel findinvolvemoment Change image and share on social
Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being. Georg Simmel secrecyspeakstadium Change image and share on social
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 barrierbreakconfession Change image and share on social
The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles. Georg Simmel antagonisticcircleclose share on social
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. Georg Simmel encloseequalformation Change image and share on social
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule. Georg Simmel activityimpersonalintegration Change image and share on social
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life. Georg Simmel cogenormousform share on social
The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli. Georg Simmel basischangeconsist share on social
The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. Georg Simmel confidenceessentialinternal Change image and share on social
