Can someone explain this quote by Durkheim on society?

“Man’s characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body’s yoke, but is subject to that of society.”

– Durkheim

Thank you so much! 🙂 x

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  • The first part refers to life the second part is referring to God the end is saying no mater what you’ve got to take the good with the bad basicley (my opinion).

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