Emile Durkheim Quotes


One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.


Citations

Durkheim, Emile. Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Translated by John A. Spaulding and George Simpson, The Free Press, 1951, p. 281.

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Emile Durkheim
Emile Durkheim
  • Born: April 15, 1858
  • Died: November 15, 1917
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Sociologist

David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and, with Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.