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.

Gurtler, Gary M., editor.

Series:

SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.

SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friendship.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics and Epicureans, and early Christian and Medieval sources, Ancient and Medieval Concepts of Friendship brings together assessments of different philosophical accounts of friendship. This volume sketches the evolution of the concept from ancient ideals of friendship applying strictly to relationships between men of high social position to Christian concepts that treat friendship as applicable to all but are concerned chiefly with the soul's relation to God—and that ascribe a secondary status to human relationships. The book concludes with two essays examining how this complex heritage was received during the Enlightenment, looking in particular to Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Hölderlin.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part 1 Plato and Aristotle""; ""1 Philia in Plato""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Friendship and the Laws of Attraction: Leg. 8, 836e�837d""; ""A. Three Kinds of Philia""; ""B. Friendship from Opposites""; ""C. Friendship from Resemblance and Mixed Friendship""; ""2. Forms of Friendship in the Phaedrus""; ""3. Civic Friendship in the Laws""; ""A. Legislative Consequences""; ""B. Friendship and Legislation""; ""C. Virtuous friendship and civic friendship""; ""D. Civic Friendship and Equality""; ""4. Civic Friendship in the Republic""

""A. Is Civic Friendship Possible in the Ideal City?""""B. Friendship and Resemblance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""2 Aristotle on Friendship: Insight from the Four Causes""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Wishing the Good (boulesthai tagatha)""; ""3. Good Will (eunoia)""; ""4. Self-Love and Another Self (philein heauton kai allos autos)""; ""5. Virtue and Activity""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""3 Souls Great and Small: Aristotle on Self-Knowledge, Friendship, and Civic Engagement""; ""Introduction""

""1. A Translator�s Headache: Megalopsychia and Mikropsychia""""2. Megalopsychia and Self-knowledge""; ""3. Megalopsychia and Civic Friendship""; ""A. The End of the City-State""; ""B. Egalitarian and Aristocratic Constitutions""; ""C. Civic Friendship""; ""D. The Megalopsychos as Friend""; ""4. Mikropsychia""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""I: Primary Literature""; ""II: Secondary Literature""; ""Part 2 Hellenistic Philosophers""; ""4 Making Friends: The Stoic Conception of Love and Its Platonic Background""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Friendship as the Aim of Love""

""A. The Pedagogical Dimension of Stoic Love""""B. Love, Friendship, and the Beautiful""; ""I. Love and the appearance of beauty""; ""II. Friendship and true beauty""; ""2. The Platonic Background""; ""A. Plato�s Symposium on Friendship as the Aim of Love""; ""B. Plato on Love as Philosophical""; ""C. Pedagogical v. Philosophical Love""; ""3. The Good of Friend Making""; ""A. Why Does the Sage Make Friends?""; ""B. The Stoics on Coincidental Goods""; ""C. Seneca on the Artistry of Friend-Making""; ""I. The sage as an artist""; ""II. The use of virtues""; ""III. The need of friends""

""Conclusion""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""I: Primary Literature""; ""II: Secondary Literature""; ""5 ErÅ?s and Philia in Epicurean Philosophy""; ""1. Epicurean Arguments against ErÅ?s""; ""2. Epicurean Friendship""; ""Bibliography""; ""6 Ciceroâ€?s Stoic Friend as Resolution to the Paradoxes of Platonic Love: De Amicitia alongside the Symposium""; ""Introduction""; ""Loving the oikeion""; ""To Love the Virtuous or Those like Ourselves?""; ""Desiring without Dependence""; ""Friendship Made to Last""; ""The Limits of Friendship""; ""Friends Old and New""; ""Love as Abundance""; ""Notes""

""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438453668

1438453663