"I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way"

Mortimer Adler recommends that the reason that people pick particular people for erotic love is based upon their taste for them as a person, rather than sexual interest being the primary element. He thinks that when individuals are attracted to someone for factors beyond physical tourist attraction, their options become more easy to understand.