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)

Georg Simmel Quotes

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:...