Can any scholar familiar with the writings of Georg Simmel help me to track down the original wording of a couple of sentences of his, for which I have only my own distant memory (and that based on a translation into English that may already be a distortion to some extent)?
The phrase was, in effect:
"..... that man (sic) has the ability to divide himself "(ie: conceptually) "into different parts; and to see any of these parts as representing his true self. Thus the tension between the individual and society can be experienced as the tension between different parts of his own self...."
My main area of interest here, incidentally, is in the sociology of mental health. I trust the connection will be obvious...
Thanks, Timo, but there is a lot in the archives to wade through, and my German is not good enough to read in the original, without somebody pointing me towards where I will find it!
Thanks again, Timo - I do appreciate the suggestion. But I am afraid even with such a hint, so much technical German is beyond me - epecially granted the number of possible synonyms. If anyone recognises the phrase and can point me to the particular phrase, that is what I think I will need.
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