Man Is A Moral Being, Only Because

Irrespective Of Any External, Regulatory Force, Our Capacity For Feeling Is In Itself An Insatiable And Bottomless Abyss.

There Is No Sociology Worthy Of The Name Which Does Not Possess A Historical Character.

Religious Representations Are Collective Representations Which Express Collective Realities.

Man's Characteristic Privilege Is That The Bond He Accepts Is Not Physical But Moral; That Is, Social. He Is Governed Not By A Material Environment Brutally Imposed On Him, But By A Conscience Superior To His Own, The Superiority Of Which He Feels. Because The Greater, Better Part Of His Existence Transcends The Body, He Escapes The Body's Yoke, But Is Subject To That Of Society.

We Do Not Condemn It Because It Is A Crime, But It Is A Crime Because We Condemn It.