It Is Too Great Comfort

The First And Most Basic Rule Is To Consider Social Facts As Things.

Social Life Comes From A Double Source, The Likeness Of Consciences And The Division Of Social Labour.

Maniacal Suicide. —this Is Due To Hallucinations Or Delirious Conceptions. The Patient Kills Himself To Escape From An Imaginary Danger Or Disgrace, Or To Obey A Mysterious Order From On High, Etc.

A Mind That Questions Everything, Unless Strong Enough To Bear The Weight Of Its Ignorance, Risks Questioning Itself And Being Engulfed In Doubt.

The Roles Of Art, Morality, Religion, Political Faith, Science Itself Are Not To Repair Organic Exhaustion Nor To Provide Sound Functioning Of The Organs. All This Supraphysical Life Is Built And Expanded Not Because Of The Demands Of The Cosmic Environment But Because Of The Demands Of The Social Environment.