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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature.

Emile Durkheim
Different, Behaviour, Actors
Emile Durkheim (2005). “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”, p.41, Routledge
An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature.