An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identi…

Emile Durkheim
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature. ✨ Emile Durkheim (2005). Suicide: A Study in Sociology, p.41, Routledge
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