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 the deepest interpretation, is the absolute, is God. Man in his highest form, the genius, has such a relation, and for him the absolute is either the conception of the highest worth of existence, in which case he is a philosopher; or it is the wonderful fairyland of dreams, the kingdom of absolute beauty, and then he is an artist.
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…
- Otto Weininger
Everything evil is revenge. - Otto Weininger
Everything evil is revenge.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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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