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The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.
Georg Simmel
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"The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life."
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The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life. — Georg Simmel

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Georg Simmel was a Sociologist from Kingdom of Prussia (1858–1918).

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This quote is attributed to Georg Simmel, a Sociologist from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Georg Simmel lived from 1858 – 1918.
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