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Woman is soulless and possesses neither ego nor individuality, personality nor freedom, character no...

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Sex & Character

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a gen...

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Sex & character

The criminal (as slave) often seeks a person of great perfection (and here, as a judge of people's i...

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Great men have always preferred women of the prostitute type.

Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are crimina...

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Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between ma...

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Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them

Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

Napoleon the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminal...

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Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); geniu...

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Otto Weininger

Philosopher

Born: 1880-04-03

Died: 1903-10-04

Otto Weininger (April 3, 1880 – October 4, 1903) was an Austrian philosopher of Jewish descent. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character), which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Today, Weininger is generally 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.More