Amazon comment on book quoted in last entry

It's a bit old.
But still very interesting.
Oh how I love to read between the lines....

15 of 31 people found the following review helpful: 　　
The Truth Hurts, September 8, 2005 　　
By M. Maguire (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
　　 　　 　　
I recently lost my old battered paperback copy of Weininger's "Sex and Character", and to say I was upset is an understatement. So I was delighted to be able to purchase this new version from Amazon, which in hardback form should last a lot longer than my old one. Which is good because this work of philosophy is simply the most important and enlightening material I have ever read and I want it to go with me to my grave. However I do wish that when modern publishers reprint this book that they would refrain from adding their worthless and prejudiced "tuppence worth" in the form of introductions, book-sleeve descriptions etc. They should simply publish Weininger's famous work in its original form without adding anything to it, as they are not qualified to judge the great Man. As Otto clearly mentions in his treatise, instead of rebutting his logical assertions as to the nature of womankind with equally logically derived and intelligent debate, women and the defenders of women (feminine males) simply slander him with the label Misogynist and Anti-semite (even though He was of Jewish origin himself and was therefore better placed than most to understand the mind of the Jew) etc etc, which has the desired effect of immediately stifling any intelligent analysis of his work. It seems people never change. 100 years after his death and what he predicted has come true. Western Society has sunk ever deeper and deeper into a feminine age. Western Society IS feminine: Absolutely material, devoid of a Soul, of any morality or ethics or religiousness. This is NOT because women have become stronger. As Otto clearly shows they are incapable of ever becoming anything other than they are by nature. It is that men have become weaker, less conscious, ie more feminine. Men have descended, thus giving the appearance that women have ascended. Thankyou so much Otto for your invaluable insights that have helped me to understand the nature of Man and especially woman. I suspect that when you wrote your work 100 years ago you knew it could only ever be understood and appreciated by the few rare Men of the World, of which you were one, and you wrote it for them. I owe you a debt of gratitude. 　　

Men (you know who you are), I suggest you get a copy of Otto's timeless work now, before it disappears forever. I am still amazed that it is even available in this backward age of ours. 　
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 　　
Letting go of Otto, July 21, 2006 　　
By M. Maguire (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews 　
　 　　 　　
I read Otto's Sex and Character years ago and for a long long time agreed with its conclusions about the nature of women wholeheartedly. However I would now like to say that my whole previous belief system that I held for many years about the nature of women, a belief that was confirmed and reinforced by Otto's work, is something that I now have serious doubts about. I now believe I was in a state of delusion all those years, and that all those thoughts, attitudes and assumptions that I held about the nature of women were completely false. Reading this book was not a search for knowledge, but a search for confirmation of my pre-existing misconceptions, from a male mind that could have been even more deluded about the nature of women than my own. Far from enlightening me it only sank me deeper into delusion. I can no longer trust a word or a single conclusion in this book. Actually I'm glad, as my whole attitude toward Women has now done an about turn and is a lot more healthy. I no longer believe Women are "soul-less" as Otto claims, but are spiritually equal to men in every way. Sorry sisters, for my previous delusional and harmful ideas about you. I recently threw this book away, it offers nothing positive, healthy or constructive for the mind.