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Beyond Good and Evil · Chapter

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A brief aphorism on the nature of women's engagement, positing that their performance is mediocre when not driven by strong passions like love or hatred.

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A brief aphorism on the nature of women's engagement, positing that their performance is mediocre when not driven by strong passions like love or hatred.

Key passages

  • Where there is neither love nor hatred in the game, woman’s play is mediocre.

    A woman's actions or performance are only average or unremarkable when they are not motivated by intense emotions such as love or hate.

    A concise, psychological observation on motivation and performance, framed in a gendered and potentially provocative manner.