This anthology offers an extraordinary illustration of the rich
resources furnished by the philosophical tradition for anyone
wishing to understand the basic and universal human concern of
friendship. The book gathers together reflections from thirty
different thinkers in a historically, culturally, ideologically and
emotionally diverse group. These contributions, ranging from the
Ancients through to contemporary thought from C.S. Lewis, afford a
comprehensive treatment of this enduring topic. Contents: Ancient
and Medieval: The Epic of Gilgamesh; Hesiod, Theogony; Plato,
Lysis; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics; Seneca, Epistulae Morales;
Epicetus, Discourses; Cicero, Treatise on Friendship; Plutarch,
Moralia; St. Augustine, Confessions; St. Aelred of Rievaulx, De
Spiritali Amicitia; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica. Early
Modern: Michel de Montaigne, Essays; Baruch de Spinoza, Ethics;
Thomas Hobbes, The Citizen; Nicholas Malebranche, The Search After
Truth. Late Modern: David Hume, An Enquiry concerning the
Principles of Morals; Immanuel Kant, The Doctrine of Virtue; G.W.F.
Hegel, Early Theological Writings; Arthur Schopenhauer, The World
as Will and Representation; Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or; Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Essays; Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All-Too-Human
and The Joyful Wisdom. Contemporary: George Santayana, The Life of
Reason; C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves; Jean-Paul Sartre, Situations;
J. Glenn Gray, The Warriors; Hannah Arendt, On Humanity in Dark
Times; Mary E. Hunt, Friends and Family Values; Gilbert Meilaender,
When Harry Met Sally; Read The Nichomachean Ethics; Bibliography:
For Further Reading; Index.
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