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of course I don't remember either haha, all I remember is that K is looking at three operas by Mozart, or more exactly, three characters: Cherubino in Nozze, Papageno in the Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni in DG. He's looking for the traits of the "esthetic man" (as I recall the either/or is the choice between the "esthetic" and the "ethic" man? or something? :) Cherubino is the adolescent who discovers sensual love, still uncertain and eager to learn (voi che sapete che cosa è amore/ donne vedete s'io l'ho nel core - you, women who know what love is, see if i have it in my heart) and loves all women at the same time, Susanna, la Contessa, Barbarina, all of them. Papageno is the ethical man, he is simple in his soul, his desires, he wants a Papagena and sees happiness in marriage and loves and wants to love only one and for ever. Don Giovanni loves all women, but not clumsily and disorderly and all at once like Cherubino, but one by one, putting all of himself in each conquest, without any regard for the other - rapes Donna Anna, breaks Elvira's heart, tries to seduce Zerlina... But beyond the philosophizing (which I can totally see might be boring, I read it in high school maaaaaaaaany years ago, terrible conclusion if I'm right! I think it's mainly about the dilemma: Papageno is good but leads a boring life, DG is bad but leads an exciting (does he??) life, both the ethical and esthetical life have limits and therefore need to be transcended, if I remember correctly, into religious life), I remember some wonderful pages about the experience of going over and over to the theater to listen to DG and about why and how DG is the most perfect dramatic opera, so much so that sometimes he'd just stand behind the seats and listen without watching because the music and the dramatic construction are so perfect leaving no need for the visual element...