Otto Weininger

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Otto Weininger
Born	(1880-04-03)3 April 1880 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 October 1903(1903-10-04) (aged 23) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Education	University of Vienna (PhD, 1902)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Idealism[1] Kantian ethics[1]
Main interests	Philosophy, logic, psychology, genius, gender, philosophy of religion
Notable ideas	All people have elements of both femininity and masculinity[2] Logic and ethics are one[3] Logic is tied to the principle of identity (A=A)[4]

Otto Weininger (German: [ˈvaɪnɪŋɐ]; 3 April 1880 – 4 October 1903) was an Austrian philosopher who lived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character), which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Parts of his work were adapted for use by the Nazi regime .^[5] Weininger had a strong influence on Ludwig Wittgenstein, August Strindberg, and, via his lesser-known work Über die letzten Dinge, on James Joyce.^[6][7]