Otto Weininger vs. Thomas Henry Huxley
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Otto Weininger
1880 – 1903
Otto Weininger was an Austrian philosopher who in 1903 published the book Geschlecht und Charakter, which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Weininger had a strong influence on Ludwig Wittgenstein, August Strindberg, and, via his lesser-known work Über die letzten Dinge, on James Joyce.
"Zola, who has so faithfully described the impulse to commit murder, did not himself commit a murder, because there were so many other characters in him. The act…"
Thomas Henry Huxley
1825 – 1895
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
"I adopt Mr. Darwin's hypothesis, therefore, subject to the production of proof that physiological species may be produced by selective breeding; just as a physi…"
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