But wholeness in this endeavor is no less futile than in extraindividual realms. Not only are we all fragments, Simmel observes, of the general cultural and social types we embody, but “we are also fragments of the type which only we ourselves are.”

XREF: Resonates with Simmel's broader social theory on individuality and the fragmented self in modern culture.

DEFINE: Introduces Simmel's idea that individuals are incomplete even relative to their own type, not just to social/cultural categories.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 91