Otto Weininger Quotes

Otto Weininger — Austrian Philosopher born on April 03, 1880, died on October 04, 1903

Otto Weininger was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter, which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Today, Weininger is viewed as misogynistic and antisemitic in academic circles, but was held to be a great genius by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the writer August Strindberg... (wikipedia)

Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.

All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.

Otto Weininger Quotes

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