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.


A translation of Weininger's Über die letzten Dinge, 1904-1907, On last things (ed. Edwin Mellen Pr, 2001) - ISBN: 9780773474000

Otto Weininger Quotes

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;...

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;...

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;...

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;...