ABSTRACT
At a commemorative ceremony in the Great Hall of the University of Heidelberg, a month after the death of Max Weber, on 17 July 1920, Karl Jaspers delivered the eulogy to the assembled body of students. It is well attested that the eulogy had a deep, even overwhelming effect. Jaspers accorded Max Weber exemplary importance in the realm of modern life and thought. For forty years, he kept to the basic elements of his interpretation of Weber, as can be seen from the long series of assessments and explanations of Weber's work and way of thinking which followed the commemorative address, and from his invocation of Weber to establish the truth of his own philosophy. In his written work and published statements, Jaspers would constantly cite Weber, and these invocations, whether in the form of quotations or allusions, permeate his entire oeuvre.
