# 142 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

> Chapter companion for Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

## What happens

The chapter presents a single, aphoristic quote on the nature of true love, emphasizing the soul's primacy over the body.

## Key lines

> “ Dans le véritable amour c’est l’âme qui enveloppe le corps. ”

In true love, it is the soul that envelops the body.

_A chaste, idealistic definition of love that prioritizes the spiritual over the physical._

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