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Beyond Good and Evil · Chapter
Aphorism 139 explained
A single, sharp aphorism contrasting the nature of women with that of men, specifically in the realms of revenge and love, where women are posited as more barbarous.
What happens
A single, sharp aphorism contrasting the nature of women with that of men, specifically in the realms of revenge and love, where women are posited as more barbarous.
Key passages
“In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man.”
Women exhibit a more primal, untamed ferocity than men do in matters of both vengeance and romantic passion.
The statement presents a psychological generalization about gender, suggesting a fundamental, 'barbarous' drive underlying female behavior in these specific emotional domains.