Georg Simmel Quote

The individual who is subordinate to an objective law feels himself determined by it, while he, in turn, in no way determines the law, and has no possibility of reacting to it in a manner which could influence it—quite in contrast to even the most miserable slave, who, in some fashion at last, can still in this sense react to his master.

Domination (1908), in On Individuality and Social Forms (1971), pp. 113-114

The individual who is subordinate to an objective law feels himself determined by it, while he, in turn, in no way determines the law, and has no...

The individual who is subordinate to an objective law feels himself determined by it, while he, in turn, in no way determines the law, and has no...

The individual who is subordinate to an objective law feels himself determined by it, while he, in turn, in no way determines the law, and has no...

The individual who is subordinate to an objective law feels himself determined by it, while he, in turn, in no way determines the law, and has no...