Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular. (Émile Durkheim)

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

Émile Durkheim

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