The man of genius is he whose ego has acquired consciousness. He is enabled by it to distinguish the fact that others are different, to perceive the "ego" of other men, even when it is not pronounced enough for them to be conscious of it themselves. But it is only he who feels that every other man is also an ego, a monad, an individual centre of the universe, with specific manner of feeling and thinking and a distinct past, he alone is in a position to avoid making use of his neighbours as means to an end.
The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between male and female, between the race and the individua… - Otto Weininger
The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between male and female, between the race and the individua…
- Otto Weininger
Man is alone in the world, in tremendous eternal isolation. He has no object outside himself; lives for nothing else; he is far removed from being th… - Otto Weininger
Man is alone in the world, in tremendous eternal isolation. He has no object outside himself; lives for nothing else; he is far removed from being th…
Mankind occurs as male or female, as something or nothing. Woman has no share in ontological reality, no relation to the thing-in-itself, which, in t… - Otto Weininger
Mankind occurs as male or female, as something or nothing. Woman has no share in ontological reality, no relation to the thing-in-itself, which, in t…
Everything evil is revenge. - Otto Weininger
Everything evil is revenge.
The man of genius possesses, like everything else, the complete female in himself; but woman herself is only a part of the Universe, and the part can… - Otto Weininger
The man of genius possesses, like everything else, the complete female in himself; but woman herself is only a part of the Universe, and the part can…
In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity. - Otto Weininger
In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.
Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement. - Otto Weininger
Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
It is not the fear of death which creates the desire for immortality, but the desire for immortality which causes the fear of death. - Otto Weininger
It is not the fear of death which creates the desire for immortality, but the desire for immortality which causes the fear of death.
Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life. - Otto Weininger
Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life.
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