This question is based on the following resources:

• Readings in Social Theory, edited by James Faraganis, pp. 63-68, Chapter 2. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2000. ISBN 0-07-230060-4. Hardcopy.
• "What Is a Social Fact? Online.
  
• Online Source: Dead Sociologists Society.

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What was Durkheim's great insight into social theory?

1. That individuals have the right to shape their own destiny.

2. That social theory is about relationships.

3. That individuals are less than completly free to choose their emotions and arguments.

4. That social facts are normative.

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