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In the sociological studies, the issue of modernity has constituted the most important topic of the work of the classical sociologists. Although many sociologists have worked on the subject, Georg Simmel has been given the title of the sociologist of modernity. Simmel has an important place in the history of sociology in terms of the diversity of his field of study and his focus on the details of modern society. Simmel, who thought that modernity exposed itself most clearly in metropolitan life, focused on issues of modern society such as fashion, money and individuality. Although Simmel is one of the classical thinkers of sociological thought, his work continues to be an important figure in modern sociology in terms of affecting theories such as conflict theory, symbolic interactionism and postmodernism. Simmel explained various typologies for his social studies. Simmel aimed to analyze the individual and society in detail through the social types he created. According to him, as we reach the characteristics of a type in society, knowledge of society is reached. Simmel analyzed social types such as foreigner, miser, prodigal, adventurer, noble, poor. The aim of this study is to describe the poor type in Simmel's theory.