"Mankind occurs as male or female, as something……" — 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 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."
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Otto Weininger
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16 Quotes by Otto Weininger
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There are transitional forms between the metals and non-metals; between chemical combinations and simple mixtures, between animals and plants, between…
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics,…
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The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between male and female, between the race…
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Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not…
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A genius has perhaps scarcely ever appeared amongst the negroes, and the standard of their morality is almost universally so…
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The Jew is an inborn Communist.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why…
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Sending children away to get control of their anger perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...Chances are they were already…
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.
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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life.…
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
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