Ninon de lEnclos, Letters - Friendship 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 the distinction she draws between two different attitudes we can have towards another person, one of which is (romantic or erotic) love, and the other of which is friendship. Love is based to a significant extent upon the physical attractiveness and charms of the person one feels love towards, and it aims at an exclusive relationship with the other person. Friendship is entirely a matter of the soul and not the body, based on positive qualities of the person one feels friendship towards, and it doesn't produce jealousy or rivalries. Get Ninon de l'Enclos' Letters to Marquis de Sévigné - https://link.amazon/B0i1mwLWN To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 4000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler