Otto Weininger Quotes

A collection of quotes by Otto Weininger.

Otto Weininger (1880-1903) was an Austrian philosopher and writer. He gained recognition for his controversial book "Sex and Character" published in 1903, where he discussed gender roles, sex, and the relationship between men and women. Weininger's ideas were heavily influenced by his studies of philosophy and psychology, particularly the works of Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer. Due to its controversial nature, his book received both acclaim and criticism, attracting attention for its radical viewpoints on gender and sexuality. Weininger tragically took his own life shortly after its publication, at the age of 23.

A creature that cannot grasp the mutual exclusiveness of A a

A creature that cannot grasp the mutual exclusiveness of A and not A has no difficulty in lying; more than that, such a creature has not even any consciousness of lying, being without a standard of truth.

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious li

Woman, in short, has an unconscious life, man a conscious life, and the genius the most conscious life.

The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher,..

The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher,... deserves the title of genius as little as the man of action.

Science Man Action

Psychologism is the most comfortable conception of life, bec

Psychologism is the most comfortable conception of life, because according to it there are no longer any more problems. That is why it also condemns all solutions from the outset, since it acknowledges the actual problems as little as the idea of truth.

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opi

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.