# Chapter 120 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

> Chapter companion for Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

## What happens

A brief aphorism comparing the growth of love to a plant, warning that sensuality can force its development too rapidly, leaving its foundation weak and vulnerable.

## Key lines

> Sensuality often forces the growth of love too much, so that its root remains weak, and is easily torn up.

When sensuality accelerates the development of love, it can prevent the formation of a strong, deep foundation, making the love fragile and easily destroyed.

_A metaphorical critique of the relationship between physical passion and enduring emotional attachment._

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