> "love will come later; time will bring it." (p.42) weininger critiques the idea that love will automatically develop over time in relationships that lack initial sexual attraction. he argues that attraction is an immediate and natural force, governed by biological laws, and cannot be forced or expected to develop simply through proximity or time. chapter iii: the laws of sexual attraction explores the principles that govern sexual attraction, as weininger sees it. he presents the idea that sexual attraction is based on an individual's unique balance of masculine and feminine traits, which in turn creates a complementary pull between two people. this balance, according to weininger, is not limited to physical traits but extends to psychological and emotional characteristics, making attraction a deeply ingrained aspect of an individuals identity. weininger challenges traditional notions of attraction as purely physical or driven by social factors like beauty, arguing instead for a more fundamental biological law that governs who we find attractive. his references to other organisms and natural processes (such as heterostylism in plants) serve to support his theory that sexual attraction is a universal law across species. this chapter also foreshadows more complex discussions about love and relationships, distinguishing sexual attraction from love, which weininger plans to explore in later sections of his work. overall, this chapter attempts to construct a scientific explanation for something that has traditionally been understood as emotional or psychological, offering a deterministic view of attraction based on inherent biological factors.
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