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Memory, then, is a necessary part of the logical faculty. … The proposition A = A must have a psychological relation to time, otherwise it would be At1 = At2.

— Otto Weininger Sex and Character (1903)

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If man were not free, then he could not conceive of causality at all, and could not form any concept of it. Insight into lawfulness is already freedom from it.

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

Sex and Character (1903)

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

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The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which chooses in freedom the good or the bad.

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A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things.

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