Ancient and medieval concepts of friendship / edited by Suzanne Stern-Gillet and Gary M. Gurtler, S.J.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stern-Gillet, Suzanne, 1943- editor.

Series:

SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friendship.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

xvi, 327 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2014.

Contents:

Part 1 Plato and Aristotle

1 Philia in Plato / Dimitri El Murr Murr, Dimitri El 3

2 Aristotle on Friendship: Insight from the Four Causes / Gary M. Gurtler, SJ Gurtler, Gary M., SJ 35

3 Souls Great and Small: Aristotle on Self-Knowledge, Friendship, and Civic Engagement / Suzanne Stern-Gillet Stern-Gillet, Suzanne 51

Part 2 Hellenistic Philosophers

4 Making Friends: The Stoic Conception of Love and Its Platonic Background / Bernard Collette-Ducic Collette-Ducic, Bernard 87

5 Eros and Philia in Epicurean Philosophy / Harry Lesser Lesser, Harry 117

6 Cicero's Stoic Friend as Resolution to the Paradoxes of Platonic Love: The Amicitia alongside the Symposium / Robin Weiss Weiss, Robin 133

Part 3 Patristic and Medieval Philosophers

7 Friendship in Late Antiquity: The Case of Gregory Nazianzen and Basil the Great / John Panteleimon Manoussakis Manoussakis, John Panteleimon 173

8 Adiutrix Virtutum?: Augustine on Friendship and Virtue / Tamer Nawar Nawar, Tamer 197

9 Aelred of Rievaulx on Friendship / John R. Sommerfeldt Sommerfeldt, John R. 227

10 Thomas Aquinas: Charity as Friendship / Fergus Kerr, OP Kerr, Fergus, OP 245

Part 4 Enlightenment Thinkers

11 Aristotle and Kant on Self-Disclosure in Friendship / Andrea Veltman Veltman, Andrea 271

12 The Platonic Roots of Hölderlins Concept of Friendship in Hyperion / Sandra Ducic-Collette Ducic-Collette, Sandra 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438453651

1438453655

OCLC:

868147552