"There are transitional forms between the metals and……" — Otto Weininger
"There are transitional forms between the metals and non-metals; between chemical combinations and simple mixtures, between animals and plants, between phanerogams and cryptogams, and between mammals and birds [...]. The improbability may henceforth be taken for granted of finding in Nature a sharp cleavage between all that is masculine on the one side and all that is feminine on the other; or that any living being is so simple in this respect that it can be put wholly on one side, or wholly on the other, of the line."
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16 Quotes by Otto Weininger
Otto Weininger has 16 quotes on this site.
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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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Mankind occurs as male or female, as something or nothing. Woman has no share in ontological reality, no relation to…
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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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