Rising individuality necessarily yields belief in mankind’s ideal unity

Evidence

It is no more than a corollary of the idea of such a relation between individuality and sociality if we state the following: as man as individual, and so his attributes as man qua man, come to replace man as social element in the foreground of interest, the bond must tighten that pulls him—over the head of his social group, as it were—toward all that is human, suggesting to him the notion of an ideal unity of mankind. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 684

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Every person fuses social inheritance with free individual autonomy — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 520; Stoic individualism was complemented by cosmopolitanism rooted in universal Reason. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 658; Christian eternal-soul doctrine unites extreme individualism with universal equality — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 693 (+4 more)

Related

• Christian eternal-soul doctrine unites extreme individualism with universal equality (similarity 0.90)
• Stoic individualism was complemented by cosmopolitanism rooted in universal Reason. (similarity 0.86)
• Individuality and universal equality historically arise as twin reactions to inequality (similarity 0.86)
• Individualism of equality and individualism of inequality both require large social circles. (similarity 0.83)
• The eighteenth century equated individuality with freedom and assumed natural human equality (similarity 0.83)
• Inclusive universal claims arise from within the particular (similarity 0.82)
• Liberated individuals turn from equality toward distinguishing themselves from others (similarity 0.82)
• Every person fuses social inheritance with free individual autonomy (similarity 0.82)
• True equality among people is impossible due to inescapable uniqueness (similarity 0.82)
• Modern individuality values being this specific irreplaceable person, not mere freedom (similarity 0.81)
• Fewer, more general marriage forms allow more individual differentiation (similarity 0.81)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.80)
• Each person holds a constant ratio of individual to social factors (similarity 0.80)
• Individual diversity can be conceived as a division of labor among unique beings (similarity 0.80)
• Equality achieved becomes the platform for further competition and surpassing (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Individuality and universal equality historically arise as twin reactions to inequality #contradicts (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 687
• Christian eternal-soul doctrine unites extreme individualism with universal equality #corroborates (0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 693
• Individuality increases as the social circle expands #expands (0.45) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 591