“Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are determined modes of action.” FirstsTwoStatesActionBeliefReligiousOpinionFundamentalsDeterminedCategoriesRepresentationRite Book:Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks Source: Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks
“Melancholy suicide. - This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds which connect him with people and things about him. Pleasures no longer attract.” PeopleStatesRealizingPleasureSadnessSuicidePatientExtremesConnectedMelancholyExaggerated Book:Suicide Source: Suicide
“Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs is a general one, we cannot condemn it without condemning ourselves; we are too saturated with it not partly to excuse it.” MindStatesFactsSpringRegardSuicideExcuseDuesToleranceState Of MindSuicidalCondemningSaturated Author:Emile Durkheim
“While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.” StatesEnoughOrderIndividualEnergySucceedFirmLatterMutualOrganizeLiquidMolecules Author:Emile Durkheim
“To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.” StatesGoalOneselfDefinitionsPursueUnhappinessPerpetualUnattainable Book:Suicide Source: Suicide
