CHAPTER III 
THE NUMERICAL RELATIONS 
OF SOCIAL FORMS 
THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF SOCIALIZATIONS! 
TTT WILL be conceded without hesitation that a group 
of a certain size must build organs, establish forms, 
4. and maintain regulations which a smaller group does 
not need. Mere observation shows that small groups, 
on the other hand, develop forms of interaction which dis- 
appear when they grow in size. It is possible to undertake 
an analysis of this quantitative determination and to trace 
some of the more important correlations between the forms 
of the socialization and the number of elements that are 
socialized. 
This quantitative determination has two aspects, a 
negative and a positive one. The negative aspect is evident 
when there exists a numerical limit above or below which a 
specific form cannot occur. In case this specific form is the 
result of, or is possible only with, a definite content, then, 
if there is a correlation between the content and the size 
of the group, it can be realized only in groups of a certain 
size. In such a case the content determines the size of the 
group and thereby the form. The forms of communistic 
societies, of secret organizations, and of certain religious 
sects, which are all limited in their membership on account 
of their doctrines, are illustrations of this negative deter- 
mination. The positive aspect is evident when a change is 
directly required by a purely quantitative modification of 
- Adapted from Soz., chap. ii. pp. 47-138. 
| PR