> "[...] he must respond to his own categorical imperatives, absolutely, impartially. 'freedom,' he cries (for instance, wagner, or schopenhauer), 'rest, peace from the enemy; peace, not this endless striving'; and he is terrified. even in this wish for freedom there is cowardice; in the ignominious lament there is desertion as if he were too small for the fight" id at 161-162. > "[...] kants lonely man does not dance or laugh; he neither brawls nor makes merry...because the universe is so silent around him. to acquiesce in his loneliness is the splendid supremacy of the kantian" id. in this passage, otto weininger captures kants vision of the individual as utterly isolated in the moral universe, where the self is both the source and the enforcer of moral law. this state of isolation is at once supreme and dreadful, an autonomy that leaves no room for escape or external justification. the moral individual must confront his responsibilities alone, adhering to his self-imposed moral law without expectation of relief or reward, embodying kants ultimate vision of ethical independence and inner sovereignty. ``` > as an immediate application...we must now come to the question...i mean the woman question...the answer...must not be considered as final...but rather a necessary preliminary investigation...it will deal with...individual cases and will not attempt to...found...any laws of general significance. otto weininger, "sex and character", p.64-65. *-*
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