Sociability has upper and lower thresholds for individual input

Evidence

One thus may speak of the individual’s upper and lower “sociability thresholds.” These thresholds are passed both when individuals interact from motives of objective content and purpose and when their entirely personal and subjective aspects make them- selves felt. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2152

Categorization

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