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લગ્ન અને પુનઃલગ્ન સંબંધી વિચારે. પ૨૭ it is rooted. For physically the individual is & production of the species, metaphysically & more or less perfect picture of the Idea, which, in the form of time, exhibits itself as species. In agreement with the relation expressed here, the greatest vitality, and also the decripitude of the brain and the genital organs, is sinul. taveous and stands in connection. The sexual impulse is to be regarded as the inner life of the tree ( the species ) upon which thg life of the individual, grows, like a leaf that is nourished by the tree, and assists in ncurishing the tree; this is why that ipmulse is so strong and springs from the depths of our nature....... ... ... ... The vehenience of the sexual impulse, the keen intentness, and profound seriousness with which every animal, including man, pursues its concerns, shows that it is thicugh the function which serves it that the animal belongs to that in which really and principally its true being lies, the species; while all other functions and organs directly serve only the individual, whose existence is at bottom merely secondary. In the vehemence of that inpulse, which is the concentration of the whole animal nature, the consciousness further expresses itself that the individual does not endure, and therefore all must te staked on the maintenance of the species, in which its true existence lies. ... ... ... ... ... These considerations explain why the sexual desire has a very different character from every other;