[PW] ? Quotation from Nietszche

[Alice Falk]

Once again, I am trying to track down the source of a quote; dictionaries 
of quotations, the indexes of the volumes of Nietzsche I have on hand, and 
Google have been of no avail, though Google did lead me to a much larger 
chunk of the passage in question, in Otto Weininger's _Sex and Character_ 
(cited only as from "one of [Nietzsche's] books," alas). So here's the 
longer version:

"To underestimate the real difficulties of the man and woman problem, to 
fail to admit the abysmal antagonism and the inevitable nature of the 
constant strain between the two, to dream of equal rights, education, 
responsibilities and duties, is the mark of the superficial observer, and 
any thinker who has been found shallow in these difficult places--shallow 
by nature--should be looked upon as untrustworthy, as a useless and 
treacherous guide; he will, no doubt, be one of those who 'briefly deal 
with' all the real problems of life, death and eternity­who never gets to 
the bottom of things. But the man who is not superficial, who has depth of 
thought as well as of purpose, the depth which not only makes him desire 
right but endows him with determination and strength to do right, must 
always look on woman from the oriental standpoint:--as a possession, as 
private property, as something born to serve and be dependent on him--he 
must see the marvellous reasonableness of the Asiatic instinct of 
superiority over women, as the Greeks of old saw it, those worthy 
successors and disciples of the Eastern school. It was an attitude towards 
woman which, as is well known, from Homer's time till that of Pericles, 
grew with the growth of culture, and increased in strength step by step, 
and gradually became quite oriental. What a necessary, logical, desirable 
growth for mankind! if we could only attain to it ourselves!"

Does this look familiar to anyone? If so, I'd be deeply grateful if you'd 
let me know the source.
Alice

Alice Falk
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