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Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension of any systematic and definitive completeness would be, at least, a self-illusion. Perfection can here be obtained by the individual student only in the subjective sense that he communicates everything he has been able to see.

Georg Simmel

Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.

Georg Simmel

I understand the task of sociology to be description and determination of the historical-psychological origin of those forms in which interactions take place between human beings. The totality of these interactions, springing from the most diverse impulses, directed toward the most diverse objects, and aiming at the most diverse ends, constitutes "society."

Georg Simmel

Objectivity may also be defined as freedom: the objective individual is bound by no commitments which could prejudice his perception, understanding, and evaluation of the given.

Georg Simmel

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel

Georg Simmel

Born: March 1, 1858

Died: September 28, 1918 (aged 60)

Bio: Georg Simmel was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic.

Known for:

The Philosophy of Money (1900)
On individuality and social forms
The sociology of Georg Simmel
Simmel on culture
Conflict And The Web Of Group Affiliations

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