Georg Simmel Quote

The most profound reason... why the metropolis conduces to the urge for the most individual personal existence... appears to me to be the following: the development of modern culture is characterized by the preponderance of what one may call the "objective spirit" over the "subjective spirit."


p. 421 as cited in: Kenneth Allan (2009) Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory: Seeing the Social World. p. 212 - The Metropolis and Modern Life (1903)


The most profound reason... why the metropolis conduces to the urge for the most individual personal existence... appears to me to be the following:...

The most profound reason... why the metropolis conduces to the urge for the most individual personal existence... appears to me to be the following:...

The most profound reason... why the metropolis conduces to the urge for the most individual personal existence... appears to me to be the following:...

The most profound reason... why the metropolis conduces to the urge for the most individual personal existence... appears to me to be the following:...