TY - BOOK ID - 47796308 TI - Aristotle and the philosophy of friendship PY - 2003 SN - 052105267X 9780521052672 9780521817455 0521817455 9780511498282 110713496X 0511170211 0511061196 0511054866 0511326602 0511498284 1280434406 1139148508 0511069650 9780511061196 9780511054860 9786610434404 6610434409 9780511069659 9781280434402 9781139148504 9780511170218 9780511326608 PB - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Aristotle KW - Friendship KW - History. KW - Aristotle. KW - History KW - 177.63 KW - 177.63 Vriendschap KW - Vriendschap KW - Affection KW - Friendliness KW - Conduct of life KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Love KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:47796308 AB - This book offers a comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship and its relationship to self-love. The book gives central place to Aristotle's searching examination of friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Lorraine Pangle argues that the difficulties surrounding this discussion are soon dispelled once one understands the purpose of the Ethics as both a source of practical guidance for life and a profound, theoretical investigation into human nature. The book also provides fresh interpretations of works on friendship by Plato, Cicero, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne and Bacon. The author shows how each of these thinkers sheds light on central questions of moral philosophy: is human sociability rooted in neediness or strength? is the best life chiefly solitary, or dedicated to a community with others? Clearly structured and engagingly written, this book will appeal to a broad swathe of readers across philosophy, classics and political science. ER -