Livets Bog, vol. 5
The "masculine" being for whom possessing a "feminine" being is a one hundred per cent vital necessity
1592. But what do such a one hundred per cent "man" and "woman" look like"? Well, a one hundred per cent "masculine" being can be only a being with a one hundred per cent desire to possess a "feminine" being. Satisfaction of this desire is the absolutely highest happiness for this being. Its entire sphere of interest is therefore its struggle to possess such a being. All this being's pleasurable thoughts are but dreams about, and the experience of, the erotic or sexual pleasures made possible by this possession, which consequently becomes a vital necessity for this being. The struggle for this possession becomes its drive for self-preservation. All other beings, things or forces in existence that can obstruct the being's attainment of this pleasure must therefore more or less hamper the being's attainment of the happiness in life that is normal for it.