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Simmel

American  
[zim-uhl] / ˈzɪm əl /

noun

  1. Georg 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.


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“For Durkheim, the content of religion was society; for Simmel, the form of religion was society,” Mr. Appiah writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Robinson is survived by her son, UTA co-founder and Chief Executive Jeremy Zimmer, and her daughter, Johanna Simmel, as well as eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2024

He noted a famous 1944 study by Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel, in which participants were shown an animated movie of two triangles and a circle interacting.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2023

“He’s very old and has been ill for a long time,” said Simmel, 81, who came to Altoetting from a town across the nearby Austrian border.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2022

In what ways would you illustrate the relation described by Simmel that combines "the near" and "the far"?

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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