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 ParsonsThe importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
Talcott ParsonsIf there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.
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