Quotation by

Franz Kafka

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

Franz Kafka

Nature

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Kafka is saying that physical or sensual love can mislead a person about what divine or spiritual love truly is. This happens because sensual love secretly contains a part of that higher love, which allows it to create confusion between the two.

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