Different Selves: Philosophers on Friendship
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“Friendship, that pervasive, on a regular basis, and refined matter of our most intimate private life, has not often been accorded its due. Michael Pakaluk has retrieved the ideas of our biggest thinkers on the topic and picked up them right into a good-looking and helpful quantity. . . . A splendid e book!” –M. M. Wartofsky, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Baruch Faculty, Metropolis College of New York
Writer : Hackett Publishing Firm, Inc. (April 1, 1991)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0872201139
ISBN-13 : 978-0872201132
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
SHANA H. –
Happy
Came on time. Good purchase
Amazon Customer –
Five Stars
Book was as described and delivered on time
Cheryl Card –
Five Stars
Love
Steven S –
Great book that ties in great with the works of Shakespeare
I read this book in conjunction with a Shakespeare course of the tenets of friendship. The philosophers highlighted offer eccentric theories, some of which are applicable even today, and others which are a lot more farfetched. I personally enjoyed reading the selections from Aristole’s, “Nicomachean Ethics” and Montaigne’s “On Friendship.”
Daniel & Kara Jordan –
Excellent Collection of Vital Texts
This collection contains a spectacular array of short works and excerpts on the question of friendship all in one place. From reading this, it is easy to watch the progression of ideas in the Great Conversation, as each other responds and refines the ideas of the last. This text is invaluable to me for directing my students toward further reading on the topic of friendship after they finish reading Aristotle in class and still hunger for more answers.
A. Flores –
required reading for philosophy
I had to buy it for a class I had to take. That pretty much wraps up what I felt about the book.
Nikki –
Needed for college philosophy class
Needed this for a philosophy class I took sophomore year of college. Book came as expected and was cheaper then buying in my colleges book store.
Mr B –
This is a compact yet wide ranging selection of pieces on the subject of friendship. It begins with Platoâs short dialogue on friendship â Lysis â in the Lombardo translation, followed by sections from Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics â Irwin translation, which lead directly to the equally influential Ciceroâs De Amicitia. This group assign the subject to the field of Ethics, while others following, including Aquinas, to the idea of spiritual friendship, and then by way of Emerson to Elizabeth Telfer who I had not come across before. Each writer is given an introduction, so the whole collection â which does not pretend to be definitive in any way, can be seen as a dip into book, promoting personal reflection on the significance â personal and social, of something that many of us seem to take for granted far too often.