on october 4, 1903, at just 23 years old, weininger rented a room in the schwarzspanierhaus, the same house where beethoven had died. he shot himself there, committing suicide less than six months after the publication of his book. the house, already a landmark due to beethovens death, became tied to weiningers tragic end as well. both beethoven and weininger struggled with intense inner turmoil. beethoven, particularly in his later years, was almost entirely deaf and isolated from the world, yet he continued to create some of his most profound and spiritually deep works. weininger, on the other hand, was plagued by his own existential and philosophical crises, particularly around identity and morality, which he ultimately could not reconcile, leading to his suicide. unfortunately, the schwarzspanierhaus no longer stands today. it was damaged during world war ii and subsequently demolished, but its legacy endures, not only for being beethovens final residence but also as the site of weiningers untimely death. the house remains a historical and symbolic marker for two very different men, whose livesthough separated by nearly a centuryboth ended there, one after a life of musical triumph and the other after a brief, conflicted, and tragic intellectual journey. *-*-*-*
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