By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings. (Émile Durkheim)

By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.

Émile Durkheim

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