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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.
What happens
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.