But the higher a man mounts, the greater may be his fall; all genius is a conquering of chaos, mystery. — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher, ... deserves the title of genius as little as the man… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The number of different aspects that the face of a man has assumed may be taken almost as a physiognomical measure of… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life. — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The man of genius possesses, like everything else, the complete female in himself; but woman herself is only a part of the… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
I regret that I must so continually use the word genius, as if that should apply only to a caste as well… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“So far as one understands a man, one is that man. The man of genius takes his place in the above argument… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The man of genius is he whose ego has acquired consciousness. He is enabled by it to distinguish the fact that others… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
With ordinary men the moments which are united in a close continuity out of the original discrete multiplicity are very few, and… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life. — Otto Weininger Copy Share
No one suffers so much as he [the genius] with the people, and, therefore, for the people, with whom he lives. For, in a… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
“Only from within himself can a person know the depth of the world: in him lie the interconnections of the world.” — Otto Weininger Copy Share
No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
“Napoleon the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and, therefore not geniuses. One can understand… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
The number of different aspects that the face of a man has assumed may be taken almost as a physiognomical measure of his ... genius. — Otto Weininger Copy Share
Man is alone in the world, in tremendous eternal isolation. He has no object outside himself; lives for nothing else; he is far removed… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
“No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them” — Otto Weininger Copy Share
With ordinary men the moments which are united in a close continuity out of the original discrete multiplicity are very few, and the course… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
“Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One can understand… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind. — Otto Weininger Copy Share
The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
A nation orients itself by its own geniuses, and derives from them its ideas of its own ideals, but the guiding star serves also… — Otto Weininger Copy Share
