Aristotle and the Philosophy of Friendship

by Lorraine Smith Pangle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052105267X
• ISBN13: 9780521052672
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"