This comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship and its relationship to self-love emphasizes Aristotle's examination of friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Lorraine Pangle argues that the difficulties surrounding this discussion are dispelled as soon as 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 provides interpretations of works on friendship by Plato, Cicero, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne and Bacon.
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"[Pangle's] focus on friendship enables the reader to appreciate more deeply the tensions of political life, virtue, and ultimately the life of philosophy...Aristotle's insights come alive in these pages. She also provides convincing proof that the relationship between teacher and student is the paradigmatic friendship, and we are in debt for her benefaction." Review of Politics
"[G]ood discussions of textual problems..... Recommended." Choice
"A valuable contribution to our undertanding of an important topic, not least because it is willing to take risks by including a wide range of philosophical opinions, and by presenting the author's own views alongside those of Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne and Cicero. It repays careful reading by Classicists, historians of philosophy, and all others interested in learning more about friendship." Classical Bulletin
"Pangle has given us a deeply humane account of Aristotelian ideas...At the same time, Pangle's acute critical intelligence enables her to enrich our understanding of Aristotle's doctrines and to bring to light his argumentative and rhetorical strategies." Ancient Philosophy, Dirk t. D. Held, Connecticut College
"[G]ood discussions of textual problems..... Recommended." Choice
"A valuable contribution to our undertanding of an important topic, not least because it is willing to take risks by including a wide range of philosophical opinions, and by presenting the author's own views alongside those of Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne and Cicero. It repays careful reading by Classicists, historians of philosophy, and all others interested in learning more about friendship." Classical Bulletin
"Pangle has given us a deeply humane account of Aristotelian ideas...At the same time, Pangle's acute critical intelligence enables her to enrich our understanding of Aristotle's doctrines and to bring to light his argumentative and rhetorical strategies." Ancient Philosophy, Dirk t. D. Held, Connecticut College
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This is the first book to offer a comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship and its relationship to self-love. The book gives central place to Aristotle's 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 interpretations of works on friendship by Plato, Cicero, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne and Bacon.
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In the Lysis, Socrates' dialogue with two young friends about friendship, Socrates pursues the unsettling idea that all friendship is rooted in human neediness and defectiveness and is treasured only because and only to the extent that we hope to get from others things that we are unable to provide for ourselves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
utilitarian friendship, ethical friendships, lesser friendships, focal analysis, unequal friendships, true goodwill, virtuous friendship, philosophic education, proportional equality, philosophic life, perfect friendship, genuine goodwill, political friendship, natural sociability, benevolent activity, best friendships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In the Lysis, Socrates' dialogue with two young friends about friendship, Socrates pursues the unsettling idea that all friendship is rooted in human neediness and defectiveness and is treasured only because and only to the extent that we hope to get from others things that we are unable to provide for ourselves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
utilitarian friendship, ethical friendships, lesser friendships, focal analysis, unequal friendships, true goodwill, virtuous friendship, philosophic education, proportional equality, philosophic life, perfect friendship, genuine goodwill, political friendship, natural sociability, benevolent activity, best friendships Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nicomachean Ethics, Plato's Symposium, Cicero's Laelius, Plato's Republic New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 53 pages
- Ethica Nicomachea (Oxford Classical Texts) by Aristotle on 10 pages
- Eudemian Ethics: Books I, II, and VIII (Clarendon Aristotle) (Bks.1, 2 & 8) by Aristotle on 6 pages
- Platonic Studies by Gregory Vlastos on 6 pages
- Aristotle on the Human Good by Richard Kraut on 5 pages
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- Aristotle and the Rediscovery of Citizenship by Susan D. Collins on page 96, and Back Matter
- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts) by Michael Pakaluk in Back Matter
- The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis by D. Brendan Nagle in Back Matter
- Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" by Gabriel Richardson Lear in Back Matter
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