"The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality."
― Talcott Parsons
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Society
More From Talcott Parsons
- "Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible."
- "From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself."
More In Society
- "Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society."― E. O. Wilson
- "It’s an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk."― Winona Ryder
- "Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted."― Ray Dalio