David Emile Durkheim was born on April 15, 1858 in Epinal, Lorraine. His mother was a merchant's daughter and his father was a rabbi. He attended rabbinical school since his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were rabbis. Soon after he arrived in Paris, he broke from Judaism completely. He attended the school at College d'Epinal. He obtained his baccaulaurets in Letters and Sciences. He was intent on becoming a teacher, so he left Epinal for Paris to prepare for admission to the Ecole Normale Superieure.
He failed his first two attempts at the entrance examination because of the stress of home, with his father ill and his financial constraints. He was finally admitted near the end of 1879. Durkheim had a constant fear of failure, which made it hard for him to be an active participant in the political and philosophical debates. Durkheim was ill through much of 1881-82 but successfully passed his examination that is required for admission to the teaching staff of......

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