Dreams Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. Emile Durkheim 19
Change 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... Emile Durkheim 26
Soul If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion. Emile Durkheim 22
Opinion Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in... Emile Durkheim 18
