Also sprach Zarathustra, however, this interpretation is hardly probable. The old woman who is speaking here gives a wise lesson after Zarathustra's masculine speech about women. In this context "do not forget the whip" can also mean: do not forget that some women in history used the whip to tame men. In 1882 a photograph was taken of Nietzsche himself in the company of Lou Salomé and Paul Rée: Lou is sitting on a car, a whip in her hand.A third level of interpretation, preferred in this paper, regards the whip as a symbol of emancipation and distance, expression of Nietzsche's Pathos der Distanz. The old woman uses the more respectful word Frauen, not Weiber. Nietzsche's dictum in this interpretation means: "If you go to women, do not forget the distance"." />
"Do not forget the whip" - Verhoeven Cornelis | sdvig press
