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HEALTH > sociologist > Emile Durkheim
The man whose...
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.
Source: Suicide, bk. 2, ch. 6, sct. 1 (1897; tr. 1951).
-- Emile Durkheim, (Apr 15 1858-1917), French sociologist; He is noted primarily for his dark work about Suicide, 1951.