Ace_McGregor
Don Juan
I studied a lot of philosophy in graduate school. Jean-Paul Sartre was an existentialist philosopher that wrote a groundbreaking book called, "Being and Nothingness" in 1943. This was his take on seduction (very interesting)
page 348:
"Each of my acts tries to point to the great density of the possible world and must present me as bound to the vastest regions of the world. At the same time I present the world to the beloved, and I try to constitute myself as the necessary intermediary between her and the world; I manifest by my acts infinitely varied examples of my power over the world (money, position, "connections", etc.)"
...Sounds like demonstration of value to me. Sartre continues...
"This proposal could not be sufficient in itself [...]. It can not take on value as fact without the consent of the Other's freedom, which I must capture by making it recognize itself as nothingness in the face of my plentitude of absolute being."
page 348:
"Each of my acts tries to point to the great density of the possible world and must present me as bound to the vastest regions of the world. At the same time I present the world to the beloved, and I try to constitute myself as the necessary intermediary between her and the world; I manifest by my acts infinitely varied examples of my power over the world (money, position, "connections", etc.)"
...Sounds like demonstration of value to me. Sartre continues...
"This proposal could not be sufficient in itself [...]. It can not take on value as fact without the consent of the Other's freedom, which I must capture by making it recognize itself as nothingness in the face of my plentitude of absolute being."
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