independence of sexuality.

My contention that so powerful an emotion as love should have come into
existence in historical, not very remote times, will seem very strange;
for, all outward profession of faith in evolution notwithstanding, men
are still inclined to take the unchangeableness of human nature for
granted.

The facts on which I have based my arguments are well known, but my
deductions are new; it is not for me to decide whether they are right or
wrong. In the first (introductory) part I have made use of works already
in existence, in addition to Plato and the poets, but the second and
third parts are founded almost entirely on original research.

E.L.




CONTENTS


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PREFACE 5

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION 9

FIRST STAGE: THE SEXUAL INSTINCT 21