Weber found it deeply regrettable that Simmel's works had never been the subject of a systematic, coherent critical study. He began to write such a critique himself around 1908, but did not complete the project because he was anxious to promote an academic appointment for Simmel at Heidelberg and did not want to publish anything that might be construed to Simmel's disadvantage.

XREF: Connects to the broader intellectual relationship and mutual influence between Weber and Simmel, two central figures in classical sociology.

XREF: Connects to the sociology of knowledge and the professional dynamics among early German sociologists like Weber, Simmel, and Tönnies.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 113