En se vengeant, les hommes ne cherchent pas à entrer en possession de quelque chose non plus qu’à satisfaire des intérêts, mais à être reconnus dans leur être, car l’outrage subi les a mis en cause comme sujet singulier. Ce qui implique que la vengeance ne se peut dominer par une raison morale qui transcenderait l’expérience, et qu’il convient de dégager le négatif comme le positif, l’égoïsme comme la noblesse de cette passion humaine, trop humaine.
When they take their revenge, people are not after a form of possession or a means of satisfying their interest – what they are seeking instead is to be acknowledged in their very being, since what has been questioned by the offense they have undergone is their existence as singular subjects. This implies that revenge cannot be controlled by a form of moral reason that can transcend experience ; this all too human passion must be considered both in a negative and positive light, as egoistical yet noble, too.
Ao vingar-se, o homem não procura apoderar-se de algo, nem tampouco satisfazer interesses, mas sim ser reconhecido no seu ser, uma vez que a afronta o pôs em causa enquanto sujeito singular. A vingança não pode, por conseguinte, ser dominada pela razão moral que transcende a experiência, sendo necessário destrinçar o negativo do positivo, distinguir o egoísmo da nobreza desta paixão humana, demasiado humana.
