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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

What do you understand to be the distinction which Simmel makes between attitudes of appreciation and comprehension?

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