Editing Max Scheler (section)

===Childhood===
Max Scheler was born in [[Munich]], Germany, on 22 August 1874, to a well-respected orthodox Jewish family:<ref name = "SEP"/> his [[Catholic]] father had converted to Judaism in order to marry his mother. He had "a rather typical late nineteenth century upbringing in a Jewish household bent on assimilation and agnosticism."<ref>Graham McAleer, "Introduction to the Transaction edition", in Max Scheler, ''The Nature of Sympathy'', London: Routledge, 2017, p. lxiii.</ref> He converted to Catholic Christianity in 1901.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoeres |first1=Peter |title=Scheler, Max Ferdinand |url=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/scheler-max-ferdinand/ |website=1914-1918-Online (WW1) Encyclopedia |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>