A Social Fact Is Every Way Of

At This Point, An Urgent Question Arises: [...] Is It Our Duty To Seek To Become A Thorough And Complete Human Being, One Quite Sufficient Unto Himself; Or, On The Contrary, To Be Only A Part Of A Whole, The Organ Of An Organism? Briefly, Is The Division Of Labor, At The Same Time That It Is A Law Of Nature, Also A Moral Rule Of Human Conduct; And, If It Has This Latter Character, Why And In What Degree?

The Wise Man, Knowing How To Enjoy Achieved Results Without Having Constantly To Replace Them With Others, Finds In Them An Attachment To Life In The Hour Of Difficulty.

To Pursue A Goal Which Is By Definition Unattainable Is To Condemn Oneself To A State Of Perpetual Unhappiness.

It Is Science, And Not Religion, Which Has Taught Men That Things Are Complex And Difficult To Understand.

Even One Well-made Observation Will Be Enough In Many Cases, Just As One Well-constructed Experiment Often Suffices For The Establishment Of A Law.