Quote by Talcott Parsons
The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are

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 Parsons

Other quotes by Talcott Parsons

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. – Talcott Parsons

Category:
Knowledge
Read Quote

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact – hence changing general statements about it – and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons

Category:
Knowledge
Read Quote

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. – Talcott Parsons

Category:
Society
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Family
category

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children. – Vera Farmiga

Category:
Family

If you dont have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you dont take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. Its crazy. – Jack Welch

Category:
Family

Family is the most important thing in the world. – Princess Diana

Category:
Family

I love my family and I miss them very much but Im a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what Ive done, but it was right for me. – LaToya Jackson

Category:
Family

Random Quotes

Just about a month from now I’m set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. – Richard Halliburton

Category:
Yearbooks

If youre going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice. – Ellie Kemper

Category:
wedding

It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us. – John Bradshaw

Category:
Present, the

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. – Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden, 1871

Category:
Gardens