Ninon de lEnclos, Letters - Virtues, Charm, and Love - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern Epicurean and freethinker philosopher, courtesan, and writer Ninon de l'Enclos' Letters to Marquis de Sévigné, a work whose authenticity scholarship is divided upon, but which certainly seems reflective of her viewpoints.

Specifically, it discusses l'Enclos' advice to the young marquis bearing upon what both mena and women genuinely find attractive and charming in the other person in romantic or erotic love, which is not, as he seems to think "essential qualities" or virtues. These are good things, and can certainly produce admiration for the other person, and they might provide a good basis for friendship, a shared household, or marriage. Instead, in gallantry or romance, both men and women are attracted to and interested in people who have some flaws and caprices, so long as they are amusing and exciting.

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