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Otto Weininger
Austrian
Philosopher
About the author
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Mystery
#Chaos
#Genius
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Life
#Enemy
#Fire
Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Fault
#Improvement
Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Fate
#Struggle
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.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Thought
#Men
#Women
#Opinion
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,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Man
#Sense
#Stars
#Women
#Sky
#Appreciation
The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.
Otto Weininger,
Austrian
Philosopher
#Genius
#Madness