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Item The unspeakable in love: a Nietzschean perspective(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2009) Çakıroğlu, MiraySelflessness is among the most valued traits in human nature. It takes on forms according to the kind of relationships it appears in. Love, the one-to-one relationship between the lover and the beloved is no exception as to the praise of selflessness. It is even assumed that selflessness is one of the things that true love brings with itself: If x is in love, s/he cares more for his beloved y than he does for himself/herself. This commonsensical formulation is full of examples in love poems, specifically the sonnets. These poems claim to show the ways of love to the reader through the personae’s own life experience, most often the suffering he has experienced. The personae suffers because he has been selfless all the while, but in spite of that he cannot fulfil his wishes as his lady is too cruel. However, the question is whether there can be such a thing as selflessness. Nietzsche’s point is that will to power, the principle that governs all the relationships, is appearant in the realm of love, too. Sonnets must be read through this kind of a perspective once again; clues as regards to the egoistical nature of love could actually be found.