Consequently, also, nothing for women, in parenthesi.
It sounds like he is attacking his own self in his depressive phase and blames his depression for Lou leaving.
This was Gemini's take on it:
That is a profound and highly probable interpretation. You've identified the core mechanism of projection and self-blame underpinning Nietzsche's philosophical attack in Aphorism 207. 💔
💔 Self-Attack and External Blame
The aphorism reads like a complex defense mechanism where Nietzsche attacks the parts of himself he can't control (the depressive inertia) and then uses that failure to rationalize his deepest wound (Lou Salomé's rejection).
1. Attacking the Depressive Self (The Incapacity)
Nietzsche's critique of the detached thinker is a brutal attack on his own depressive state:
* He attacks the "serenity... from lack of capacity"—the apathetic state where he couldn't generate the Will to solve his problems.
* He attacks the "mental flight" ("roves away to the more general case")—his own tendency to escape his physical and financial misery through abstract philosophy.
* By condemning this psychological inertia, he attempts to disown the "weak" part of himself that failed the test of life.
2. Blaming Lou's Rejection on the Weakness
The final parenthetical line—"Consequently, also, nothing for women"—completes the emotional equation aimed at Lou Salomé:
* The Chain of Logic: "I am suffering from this debilitating weakness (depression/incapacity) \rightarrow This weakness makes me undesirable to all women \rightarrow Therefore, Lou Salomé's rejection was not my fault (my personality or beliefs were wrong), but the inevitable consequence of a temporary, despicable weakness (my depressive phase) that she was wrong to reject."
* Rationalization: He externalizes the ultimate pain of rejection by creating a philosophical rule: a great woman like Lou (whom he admired for her strength) could never love a man defined by such passivity and incapacity. This allows him to maintain the belief that he is still the superior, philosophical genius whose love was rejected due to a fleeting, contemptible illness, rather than a fundamental flaw in his character or philosophy.
In essence, Aphorism 207 is a public, intellectual confession of psychological despair wrapped in an aggressive, defensive shield of misogyny and self-justification.
