It's a disturbing and wonderful thing to come across something that you wrote nearly ten years ago. Not only can you not recall writing it but HOW could you possibly find something you wrote genuinely insightful? I'm actually not sure if I actually wrote this, but I found it in a notebook from 2006.
In any case, here it is:
Reflection on Nietzsche's apopthegm #142, which translates as, "In true love, it is the soul that covers/encases the body."
So, in true love the person is capable of overcoming the proclivities of human appetite in favor of a higher goal, which is wanting what is the most Good for the other person, yourself, and both together. The reason why you touch is not just to feel, but to experience each other fully. The reason why the beloved is beautiful despite imperfection is because the soul, who he is and who he could be, is born on the exterior. The "soul on the outside" means truth, which leads quickly to trust in love. When you bear the truth and are not rejected there is true love. One cannot love that which is hidden, so true love permits nothing to be hidden if it is to be total.
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